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KEELEY, John Leonard
(Service number 82068)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	29/06/1887	Place of Birth	Lumsden

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Otipua, c/o G.P.O., Timaru
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mra A. M. KEELEY (wife), c/o Mrs Boston, Winchester, Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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Prisoner of War Information

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Death

Date	15 July 1949	Age	63 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 185, Plot 562
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Leonard Keeley was the son of Charles and Maria Keeley of Southland. He was educated at Lumsden and Forbury, Dunedin, schools. In 1910 he married Alice Maud Bosto. Their son, Boston Leonard Kelley, died at the age of 4. He served in New Zealand only (in camp). His grave in the Temuka Cemetery is marked with a serviceman's headstone. John's brother, George Cambray Keeley, was killed in action in 1917 in France.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [19 March 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [19 March 2017]

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