Ernest Keightley
Born 1891 - Died 25 Oct 1916
- Service number
- WWI 12/779 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 16th (Waikato) Company AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Ernest AWMM
- Surname
- Keightley AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 12/779 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1891 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Midhirst, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Askew Keightley (father), Midhirst, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 12/779 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- POW - Angora, Anatolia, Turkey AWMM
17 Sept 1915 AWMM
|D||Service REcord AWMM - WW1 POW - Turkey AWMM
8 Oct 1915 AWMM - WW1 POW - Gallipoli AWMM
8 Oct 1915 AWMM
- POW - Angora, Anatolia, Turkey AWMM
- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of sickness 25/10/1916 as POW AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 16th (Waikato) Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Ernest Keightley was the son of the late Askew and Mary Jane Keightley, of Midhirst, Taranaki, New Zealand.
Reported Prisoner of war in Turkey in the Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. 15. 11.1916, p.129.
Reports in the Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. 14.3.1917, p.42, recorded that Pte. E. Keightley died at Bilemedik-Pozanti; and later in the Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. 28.3.1917, p66, that Corporal F.J. Earles, 10/1230, has written to the NZ Prisoners of War Department stating that "five parcels for our dead comrade, E. Keightley, 12/779, were distributed to New Zealanders in Bilemedik."
Next of Kin: Mr A Keightley, Midhurst, Taranaki (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - Private Ernest Keightley - of the Auckland (Waikato Company) Infantry Battalion NZEF - was captured by Turkish Forces on 10 August 1915 - near the Apex, Gallipoli, Turkey. Private Keightley died as a POW - of Turkey - on 25 October 1916 at Turkey.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 17 April 2018 - References (2) : (1) "New Zealanders Captured by the Ottomans" : NZ History Online : www.nzhistory.org.nz and (2) "New Zealand and World War One Prisoners of War - Turkey" : www.sooty.nz/nzww1prisonersturkey.html
- Ernest Keightley was the son of the late Askew and Mary Jane Keightley, of Midhirst, Taranaki, New Zealand.
About death
- Death
- 25 Oct 1916 AWMM
Age 25 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Waziriah Area of the Al-Russafa district, Baghdad, Iraq AWMM XXI. A. 5. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18055827
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/634074/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/634074
Further Reference - Prisoners of War - Prisoners of War in Turkey, reports of treatment (1919). Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R10701387)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10701387
Further Reference
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
- References
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 386 - Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. 15. 11.1916, p.129 - Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. 14.3.1917, p.42 - Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. (1917, March 28), p. 66. - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Prisoners of War Taken by the Enemy during (the) Period August 1914 to November 1918 [Listed by Surname in Alphabetical Order], Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R26112295)
- Prisoners of War - Prisoners of War in Turkey, reports of treatment (1919). Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R10701387)
- Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
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