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HAYS, Keith Blaxland Lister
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 14485 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 November 1915, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Banksia Station, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 22 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Longreach, Longreach, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Longreach State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Originally buried in a shell hole beside October Trench about 145 yards west of Middle Farm just north west of Messines. Grave subsequently lost |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Longreach War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 14485, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD | |
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| 11 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 14485, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jul 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 14485, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney | |
| 12 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 13th Field Company Engineers |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Sydney Saunders Hays and Ada Frances Caroline Hays nee Lister of Ibis Street, Longreach
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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