William KEITH

Born 15 July 1898 in Maidstone, Auckland, New Zealand ^[16]
Farmhand for T. T. WHITFIELD in Green Hills, Western Australia in 1916 ^{[30: item 7336879]}
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on his 18th Birthday, 15 July 1916, in York, Western Australia ^{[30: item 7336879]}
He had previously served nine months with the Army Cadets in Perth WA ^[30]
On enlistment he was recorded as 5 feet 3¾ inches tall, weighing 114 lbs with blue eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion ^[30]
Stated his next of kin to be his uncle and guardian John Stanley WOODWORTH ^[30]
On 18 December 1916 at Blackboy Hill was drafted Private 3255 in the 8th Reinforcements of the 46th Battalion ^[30]
Departed Fremantle, Western Australia on the Persic on 29 December 1916 and arrived in Devonport, England on 3 March 1917 ^[30]
Served in England for six months where he underwent training in Codford, Wiltshire, England ^[30]
Departed England on 27 August 1917 for his return to Australia due to an injury to his chest and a problem with his lung ^[30]
Departed Devonport, England on the Pakeha and arrived back in Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 October 1917 ^[70]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 2 November 1917; received the British War Medal ^[30]
In 1925 was living in Waroona, Western Australia ^[30]
Labourer in Carnamah in 1939 ^[50]
Member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League in 1939 ^[52]
Resided in Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 24 October 1940^[16]
Private W26280 in the Australian Army's 29 Garrison Battalion during the Second World War ^[16]
Died 26 April 1944; buried Perth War Cemetery, Smythe Road, Karrakatta WA (Section O, Plot C003) ^[2]
His name appears on the Roll of Honour in the Perth suburb of Belmont ^[16]

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