Born 15 July 1898 in Maidstone, Auckland, New Zealand [16]
Farmhand for T. T. WHITFIELD in Green Hills, Western Australia in 1916 [30: item 7336879]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on his 18th Birthday, 15 July 1916, in York, Western Australia [30: item 7336879]
He had previously served nine months with the Army Cadets in Perth WA [30]
On enlistment he was recorded as 5 feet 3¾ inches tall, weighing 114 lbs with blue eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion [30]
Stated his next of kin to be his uncle and guardian John Stanley WOODWORTH [30]
On 18 December 1916 at Blackboy Hill was drafted Private 3255 in the 8th Reinforcements of the 46th Battalion [30]
Departed Fremantle, Western Australia on the Persic on 29 December 1916 and arrived in Devonport, England on 3 March 1917 [30]
Served in England for six months where he underwent training in Codford, Wiltshire, England [30]
Departed England on 27 August 1917 for his return to Australia due to an injury to his chest and a problem with his lung [30]
Departed Devonport, England on the Pakeha and arrived back in Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 October 1917 [70]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 2 November 1917; received the British War Medal [30]
In 1925 was living in Waroona, Western Australia [30]
Labourer in Carnamah in 1939 [50]
Member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League in 1939 [52]
Resided in Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 24 October 1940[16]
Private W26280 in the Australian Army's 29 Garrison Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Died 26 April 1944; buried Perth War Cemetery, Smythe Road, Karrakatta WA (Section O, Plot C003) [2]
His name appears on the Roll of Honour in the Perth suburb of Belmont [16]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William Keith' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 23 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-keith [reference list] |
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