The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper Herbert Keys |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Herbert Alonzo Keys
Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided
Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service Number: 2081
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 126
Contingent: Fifth New South Wales
Ship: Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 15/03/1901
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Orange Free State, Transvaal, SA 1901 and SA1902 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in Free State and East Transvaal including Boer breakthrough at Langverwacht (24 February 1901)
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia 3 June 1902. No further details provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Karl Joseph Parkes, Narrabeen NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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