Jim Ernest KEIGHTLEY

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Service Number:	16404
Enlisted:	31 August 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Nottingham, England, 1879
Home Town:	Victoria Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 25 June 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Cremated and scattered to the wind.
Memorials:	Victoria Park War Memorial

31 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 16404, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Perth, WA
18 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Divisional Signal Company
29 Dec 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 16404, 4th Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 16404, 4th Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Persic, Fremantle
28 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16404, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Shell shock
18 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16404, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to Neurasthenia

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Husband of Sarah Keightley of Coolgardie Street, Victoria Park, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1918 aboard HT Carpentaria disembarking at Fremantle on 28 September 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the 2nd Dragoon Guards for seven years