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KEAYS, Alfred Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3713 |
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| 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, Pozieres, Somme Sector, 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3713, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 4 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 3713, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 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 | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement 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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Add my storyBiography 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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