KEELEY, John Leonard
(Service number 82068)
| First Rank | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 29 June 1887 | Place of Birth | Lumsden |
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Enlistment Information
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| Address at Enlistment | Otipua, c/o G.P.O., Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mra A. M. KEELEY (wife), c/o Mrs Boston, Winchester, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Death
| Date | 15 July 1949 | Age | 63 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
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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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