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NSW 26537/1895 CHATFIELD, KEITH G PERCY G & AMELIA E RYDE
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Australia, New South Wales, Deceased Estate Files
Name Keith G Chatfield
Event Type Probate
Event Date 14 Mar 1918
Event Place Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Event Place (Original) Australian Imperial Forces and Ryde
Death Date 03 Oct 1917
Affiliate Record Identifier 75028
Affiliate Item Number [19/10249]
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Find A Grave Memorial# 11985238
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First World War Embarkation Roll - Keith Garroway Chatfield
Service number: 332
Rank: Private
Roll title: 3 Divisional Cyclist Battalion and 1 Reinforcements (May 1916)
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 18 May 1916
Place of embarkation: Sydney
Ship embarked on: HMAT Demosthenes - Ship number: A64
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332A Private Keith Garraway Chatfield
C Company, 1st Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Son of Percy Garraway Chatfield and Amelia E. Chatfield. Native of Ryde, New South Wales.
Born Abt 1895
13 Apr 1916 - Enlisted at Roseberry Park, New South Wales, Australia
18 May 1916 - Embarked for England on HMAT Demosthenes at Sydney with the 3rd Divisional Cyclist Company, 1st Reinforcements, suffered with measles on board ship between 27 Jun and 4 Jul 1916.
29 Aug 1916 - Taken on Strength Cyclist Training Battalion Chisledon, Wiltshire, England from No 1 Command Depot, Perham Down
07 Sep 1916 - Transferred to the 1st Battalion at Perham Down, Wiltshire, England
08 Mar 1917 - Qualified as a 1st Class Signaller at Durrington, West Sussex
10 Apr 1917 - Proceeded overseas from Folkestone and arrives at Etaples the next day
03 Oct 1917 - Died aged 22. The Battalion had moved to Westhoek Ridge the day before. The Battalion War Diary does not make any mention of engagements with the enemy on the day Keith was killed even though other members of the Battalion were killed that day. No war diary for C Company has been found online.
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres (Ieper), West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium, Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31
Medal entitlement Victory Medal
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Roll of Honour - Keith Garraway Chatfield
Service Number: 332
Rank: Private
Unit: 1 Battalion
Service: Australian Army
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of death: 03 October 1917
Place of death: Belgium
Cause of death: Killed in action
Age at death: 22
Place of association: Ryde, Australia
Cemetery or memorial details: Belgium: Menin Gate Memorial
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
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The following was a report for the Australian Red Cross written by Keith’s Company Commander:

"He was killed by a shell while out over the top at Broodesinde on 4th Oct. I saw him killed and saw his dead body. It was buried about 100 yards W. of the Broodesinde - Nordingham Road. I saw the burial. The grave lies in an exact line between Remus and Celtic Woods. He belonged to C Co."

Another soldier wrote:

"He was a ???? in C. Coy. I saw him killed by a shell and was carrying rations at the time, was not badly knocked about. It happened near Zonnebeke Church. He should not have been on fatigues at the time but we were short handed. He was buried near where hit. I saw his grave, no cross up at the time. He was just put in a shell hole and covered over."

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The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW : Saturday 5 October 1918
CHATFIELD.-A tribute of love to the memory of our dear son, Keith Garraway CHATFIELD, Signaller, O Company, 1st Battalion, killed in action. Broodseinde, Belgium, October 4, 1917. Inserted by his loving father and mother.
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CHATFIELD.-In loving memory of our dear brother and uncle. Keith Garraway CHATFIELD, Signaller, 0 Company, 1st Battalion, killed in action, Broodseinde, Belgium, October 4, 1917. Inserted by his loving sister and brother, Ida and Charlie, and little Colin.
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CHATFIELD.-In loving memory of our dear brother. Keith Garraway CHATFIELD, Signaller, O Company, 1st Battalion, killed in action, Broodseinde, Belgium, October 4, 1917. Inserted by his loving sister and brother, Elsie and Percy.
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CHATFIELD.-In loving memory of our dear brother, Keith Garraway CHATFIELD, Signaller, O Company, 1st Battalion, killed in action, Broodseinde, Belgium, October 4, 1917. Inserted by his loving sisters. Dorothy and Enid.
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Monday 4 October 1920)
CHATFIELD -In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Keith Garraway Chatfield 1st Batt., killed in action. Broodseinde, Belgium, October 4, 1917. Inserted by his parents, brothers, sisters, and nephew, Colin.

CHATFIELD - In loving memory of our dear brother, Keith Garraway Chatfield 1st Batt., killed in action Broodseinde, Belgium, October 4, 1917. Inserted by his sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Aubrey Kendall.

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