Keith George LAKIE

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Service Number:	4209
Enlisted:	24 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, 29 January 1892
Home Town:	Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 August 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour, Rosewater War Memorial, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Men of "The Marist Brothers Old Scholars Association" Honor Roll WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

24 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4209, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
11 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4209, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4209, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
29 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion to the 50th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 4209, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4209 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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Son of George Lakie and Mary Gertrude Lakie nee Vos of Bowyer Street, Rosewater, SA. Brother pf Agnes Myrtle Lakie, Irene Mary Lakie

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal