Keys, George Ernest
George Ernest Keys
b: 1892
d: 4 OCT 1917
b: 1892
d: 4 OCT 1917
Birth Details
1892/10126, George Ernest Keys, Mother: Jessie, Father: Alfred
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database
Full Name George Ernest Keys
Rank Last Held Private
Forename(s) George Ernest
Surname Keys
War World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No. 41822
First Known Rank Private
Occupation before Enlistment Carpenter
Next of Kin A. Keys (father), Wilson Street, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit 23rd Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation Date 14 March 1917
Place of Embarkation Wellington, New Zealand
Transport HMNZT 79
Vessel Ruapehu
Destination Devonport, England
Nominal Roll Number 57
Page on Nominal Roll 9
Last Unit Served Wellington Infantry Regiment
Place of Death Ypres, Belgium
Date of Death 4 October 1917
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Killed in action
Description of Image Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917
Archives NZ source Military personnel file
Sources Used Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918
Probate George Ernest Keys, Place: Upper Hutt, Occ: Carpenter, AAOM 6029 25207, Filed: 29/1/1919, Archives NZ, Wellington
1892/10126, George Ernest Keys, Mother: Jessie, Father: Alfred
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database
Full Name George Ernest Keys
Rank Last Held Private
Forename(s) George Ernest
Surname Keys
War World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No. 41822
First Known Rank Private
Occupation before Enlistment Carpenter
Next of Kin A. Keys (father), Wilson Street, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit 23rd Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation Date 14 March 1917
Place of Embarkation Wellington, New Zealand
Transport HMNZT 79
Vessel Ruapehu
Destination Devonport, England
Nominal Roll Number 57
Page on Nominal Roll 9
Last Unit Served Wellington Infantry Regiment
Place of Death Ypres, Belgium
Date of Death 4 October 1917
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Killed in action
Description of Image Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917
Archives NZ source Military personnel file
Sources Used Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918
Probate George Ernest Keys, Place: Upper Hutt, Occ: Carpenter, AAOM 6029 25207, Filed: 29/1/1919, Archives NZ, Wellington
- 1892 - Birth -
- 4 OCT 1917 - Death -
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| PARENT (M) Alfred Keys | |||
| Birth | 1858 | ||
| Death | 26 NOV 1930 | ||
| Marriage | 1880 | to Jessie Thomson | |
| Father | Alfred Keys | ||
| Mother | Jane Susannah Welch | ||
| PARENT (F) Jessie Thomson | |||
| Birth | 1862 | ||
| Death | 15 APR 1930 | ||
| Marriage | 1880 | to Alfred Keys | |
| Father | ? | ||
| Mother | ? | ||
| CHILDREN | |||
| F | Nellie Buchanan Keys | ||
| Birth | 1880 | ||
| Death | 21 JUL 1961 | ||
| Marriage | 1902 | to William Gorrie | |
| F | Mary Keys | ||
| Birth | 1882 | ||
| Death | 12 OCT 1882 | ||
| F | Alice Annie Keys | ||
| Birth | 1886 | ||
| Death | |||
| M | Alfred William Keys | ||
| Birth | 1888 | ||
| Death | |||
| M | Walter James Keys | ||
| Birth | 1890 | ||
| Death | 5 DEC 1948 | ||
| Marriage | 1915 | to Rosina Alexander | |
| M | George Ernest Keys | ||
| Birth | 1892 | ||
| Death | 4 OCT 1917 | ||
| F | Jessie Ansley Keys | ||
| Birth | 1898 | ||
| Death | 1 OCT 1961 | ||
| Marriage | 1922 | to Henry Alexander | |
| F | Violet Cornwall Keys | ||
| Birth | 1901 | ||
| Death | 19 SEP 1950 | ||
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