Charles Leslie KEIGHRAN
Personal
Born: 1886
Birth registration: Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration No. 845
Birthplace: Broadford
Parents: James Keighran (1855-19/07/1898) Died at Melton, Caroline Cox (1851 {Hobart}-1899 {Kew})
Died: 2 January, 1929
Place of death: Registration No. 13644
Awards and Honours
- British War Medal 1914-20
- Victory Medal
Battalions
3rd Field Artillery Brigade; 103 Howitzer Battery Brigade Ammunition Column
Events
Enlistment
Regimental Service Number: 20307
Enlistment date: 21 December, 1915 Melbourne
Age at enlistment: 26 years 9 months
Address at enlistment: 13 Milton Street, Preston
Religion: Roman Catholic
Marital Status: Single
Next of kin: Brother: Sydney Keighran, 13 Milton Street, Preston
Wife: Mrs Kate Keighran, 31 Baker st., Landport, Portsmouth
Physical Description: Height: 5 feet 6 inches
Weight: 130 pounds
Complexion: Sallow
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Dark Brown
Distinctive marks: Vac x1; scar left thigh
Embarkation ship: HMAT A7 Medic.
Rank: Driver
Return Vessel: Canberra (with Wife and Child).
Arrival at Australia: 11 September, 1919.
Discharge Date: 26 October, 1919
War Service Summary
18/07/1916 - Disembarked Plymouth
27/09/1916 - Offence, Larkhill.
Hesitating to leave the canteen when ordered to do so by a N.C.O. 10 days C.B.
04/10/1916 - Transferred to 3rd Division Ammunition Column from 8th Field Artillery Brigade
24/11/1916 - Proceeded to France
03/01/1917 - Appointed Shoeing Smith
01/04/1917 - Mustered driver France
03/11/1917 - Leave to England from Belgium
18/11/1917 - Rejoined unit in Belgium
21/07/1918 - France
War Service Commemerated
Life After the War
28/11/1918 married Kate Doswell Spinster aged 21 of 31 Baker street, Mill End Portsmonth : 1 Child
Place/s of residence:
1909 Electoral Rolls - Melton
1919 - Paterson Street, Preston;
1924 - 15 Flett Street, Preston; Also Kate Home duties
Occupations:
1919, 1924 Labourer
Date of death:
02/01/1929 Reg # 13644
Sources
Embarkation Rolls
Service Record