Alfred William KEELE

Regimental number8/2023
Date of birth19 September 1889
Place of birthRangiora
OccupationFarm labourer
Addressc/o G R Littburn, Pukeroa, Hunterville
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25.4
Height5' 6"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinFriend, G Robinson, Pukeroa via Hunterville
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 February 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 24 Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 3), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined unit, Gallipoli, 9 August 1915, and posted to 10th Company.

Admitted to No 25 Casualty Clearing Station, Imbros, 16 August 1915 (debility); rejoined unit, Lemnos, 26 September 1915.

Admitted to hospital, Lemnos, 21 October 1915; transferred to Lowland Convalescent Camp, Mudros, 3 November 1915; to Sarpi Rest Camp, Mudros, 10 November 1915; rejoined unit, Gallipoli, 21 November 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Egypt to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 17 November 1917, concluded: 'Reasonable to suppose killed in action, 12 October 1917.'

Report, II Anzac Burial Corps, 19 November 1917: reported buried in the region of Passchendaele/Bellevue. Grave subsequently lost.

War service: 2 years 240 days (of which 853 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fifth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18055712

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