Search results Next record Previous record English Māori William Robert Keay Born 8 October 1886 - Died 8 August 1917 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 25717 AWMM Also known asBob AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Rifleman AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, standing (photo supplied by R Beddows) - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesWilliam Robert AWMM SurnameKeay AWMM Ingoa Also known asBob AWMM Service numberWWI 25717 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionPresbyterian, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth8 October 1886 AWMM Mackenzie Country, Canterbury AWMM Mackenzie Country, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 21 May 1916 AWMM c/o Herekino Post Office, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWilliam Robert Keay (father), Post-office, Herekino, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 23 September 1916 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1914-1919 Western Front AWMM Messines AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 25717 AWMM Military serviceNone AWMM Sling Camp, England AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, B Company, 3rd AWMM detached twice to working Battalion prior to battle of Messines 18 March - 2 April 1917, 24 April - 18 May 1917 AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 21 May 1916 AWMM Age 29 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 23 Sep 1916-19 November 1916 AWMM to AWMM HMNZT 65 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Rifleman AWMM 8th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHeight, Unknown Period AWMM 6.5 feet AWMM Weight, Unknown Period AWMM 12 stone AWMM Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM Brown AWMM Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM Dark AWMM Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM Dark AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM Featherston Hospital, NZ 9 July - 24 July 1916 German Measles AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM 7 General Hospital, St Omer, France 5 February - 25 February 1917 Mumps AWMM Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Rifleman AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › David Keay was the son of William Robert and Ellen Keay nee Steele, of Herekino.Born at Fairlie, New Zealand. He lived and worked on the family farm "Sedgley" at Herekino and volunteered for service.William Robert Keay fought in, and survived, the Battle of Messines but was killed two months later by a shell whilst in the trenches to the South East of the Messines sector.Two brothers served in WW1, David Keay (26/831) and William Keay (25717) both were killed.Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives William Keay's mother's name as Ellen Steele Keay. Steele was Mrs Keay's maiden name. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death8 August 1917 AWMM Age 30 AWMM Ypres, Belgium AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryLa Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM III. C. 25. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameHerekino War Memorial, Kaitaia-Awaroa Road, Northland, New Zealand AWMM Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM Roll of Honour Remember William Robert Keay by laying a poppy. William Keay William David Keay William Robert Keay John Randall St John Kebbell Reginald William Kebbell Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of William Robert Keay Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Pakeha : the journal of the Seventeenth Reinforcements of the New Zealand… Library / Pictorial › publication At sea D526.2 PAK A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary… Library / Pictorial › publication Wellington, N.Z. D609 NEW Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy) Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2016-2 Related Serviceperson David Steele Keay David Steele Keay Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=18055663 Further Reference SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour) https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=2656 Further Reference DocumentsMilitary Personnel file AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 41: 35 AWMM Armoury Cenotaph File AWMM See 'The Pakeha', ship's newspaper, October 1916, of the 17th Reinforcements of the NZEF. Copy in the Armoury Vertical File. AWMM New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. 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