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KEAY , Ernest James
(Service number 6/3369)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	17 July 1895	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	25 August 1915	Age	21 yrs
Address at Enlistment	Theodocia Street, Timaru
Occupation	Chauffeur
Previous Military Experience	2nd S.C. Regt.
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John KEAY (father), Theodocia Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 10 inches. Weight 147 lbs. Chest measurement 33-35 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes grey. Hair black. Sight, and hearing both good. Colour vision correct. Limbs and chest well formed. Full movement of joints. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth - partly false upper, lower good. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	8th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	13 November 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	4 May 1959	Age	63 yrs
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
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Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Ernest James KEAY was the son of John and Christina Binnie (nee SMART) KEAY. His brother, David Smith Laing KEAY, also served in WWI.

Ernest James Keay is listed in the 1910 Timaru Technical School admission rolls, aged 15 years old, as living on Theodosia St Timaru. Subjects taken were given as "Wool classing".

Sources

Cenotaph Database [21 February 2014]; Timaru Herald 7 January 1918; Timaru Technical School roll book (SCRoll website submission from J James, Mountainview High School, 16 March 2015)

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