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Ernest Charles KEELING

Regimental number2672
Place of birthEngland
SchoolL.C.C. Islington
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Address69 Poets Road, Highbury, London, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Keeling, 69 Poets Road, Highbury, London, England
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"Buried in a field almost 20 yards south of Farm Boore to Le Peuplier, 1 1/4 miles."
FateKilled in Action 30 May 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLe Grand Hasard Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 8), Morbecque, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
40
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Martha KEELING, 69 Poets Road, Highbury, London. Native of Islington, London

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