Alfred Charles KEAYS

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KEAYS, Alfred Charles

Service Number:	3713
Enlisted:	3 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stonyfell, South Australia, Australia, 2 April 1885
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	State School, South Australia
Occupation:	Boilermaker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 August 1916, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Henley Beach Council Fallen WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Henley Beach Council WW1 Service Roll, Peterborough 'LOCO' S.A.R. Roll of Honor, Peterborough Roll of Honor WW1, Peterborough War Memorial, Rose Park Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

3 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3713, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Adelaide
2 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3713, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 16th Battalion to the 48th Battalion
4 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3713, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , On 4/8/1916, Private Alfred Charles Keays was admitted to the 1st Anzac Rest Station with a shrapnel wound to his ankle. He rejoined his unit on 12/8/1916.
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3713, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , The 48th Battalion suffered continuous enemy bombardment in "Sausage Valley" during the 13th and 14th of August, resulting in many casualties including Private Alfred Charles Keays, who was killed in action on 14/8/1916.
14 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3713, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3713 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-14

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Arthur Thomas Keays and Agnes Ann (nee Leslie) Keays of Sea View Road, Grange; brother of Henry Gordon Edward Keays, Ethel May Keays and George Herbert Keays

Advice has been received that Private Alfred C. Keays was killed in action in France on August 14. He was 31 years of age, and was the second son of the late Mr. T. A Keays, of Magill, and Mrs. A. Keays, of Henley Beach. At the time of enlisting he was employed at the Petersburg Loco Department, where he had been for a number of years. He left Australia on December 2, 1915.

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