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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 462

(x) Family Collection

Three: Private H. P. Keley, 19th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force who was killed in action on 14 November 1916

British War and Victory Medals (767 Pte H. P. Keley. 19 Bn. A.I.F.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Harold Percy Keley), in original card cover, good very fine (3)

Victory Medal 1914-19 (421 Pte E. M. D. Keley 25 M.G.Coy. A.I.F.), very fine

Harold Percy Keley was born at Port Adelaide, South Australia on 11 November 1892. Educated at Granville state school he was employed in the Blue mountains, Sydney when he enlisted in the 19th Battalion A.I.F. on 6 June 1915. He left Australia on 25 June 1915 taking part in the Gallipoli campaign before entering the French theatre where he was killed on 14 November 1916. He is commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingscote Kangaroo Island WW1 Roll of Honour, Kingscote War Memorial, Kingscote War Memorial, Penneshaw Kangaroo Island Men Roll of Honor WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial; sold together with copied research.

Ernest Murray Davington Keley was born at Port Adelaide, South Australia on 17 May 1886 and enlisted in the 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion A.I.F. on 6 June 1915 leaving Australia for France on 20 October 1916. He re-enlisted on 24 March 1942 for home service and was discharged on 31 October 1945. Keley died on 9 November 1957 and is buried at Kingscote Cemetery, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island Council, South Australia; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£210

Starting price
£70