Keu WILLIAM

Regimental number60700
Place of birthMauke, Cook Islands
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPlanter
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Mr William, Mauke, Cook Islands
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 March 1918
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Manuka on 13 June 1918
Discharge date20 March 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Syria.

Embarked Wellington, 13 June 1918; disembarked Sydney, 18 June 1918; embarked on HMT Port Lyttleton, 24 June 1918; admitted Ship’s Hospital, 30 June 1918 (venereal disease); discharged, 19 July 1918; disembarked Suez, 4 August 1918, and marched in to Training Regiment, Ismailia.

Transferred to Rarotongan Company, 18 September 1918; marched out to Training Regiment, and joined Rarotongan Company, in the field, 20 September 1918.

Admitted to hospital, 6 November 1918; listed as dangerously ill, No 32 Casualty Clearing Station, Beirut, 7 November 1918; out of danger, No 32 Casualty Clearing Station, Beirut, 11 November 1918; embarked at Beirut, 14 November 1918; disembarked Alexandria, 16 November 1918, and admitted No 21 General Hospital; discharged to Aotea Convalescent Home, 12 December 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board Malta, 14 December 1918; arrived New Zealand, 28 January 1918; discharged, 20 March 1919.

Total war service: 1 year 33 days (of which 230 days were abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death29 November 1970
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 85, p. 20

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