Archibald Evelyn Keith

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of the Revd. Canon Archibald Leslie Keith, M.A., and Margaret Layard Keith, of Wimborne, Dorsetshire, England. His brothers, David Wimborne Keith, Hubert Sydney Keith and Geoffrey Brownlow Wigney Keith also died on service.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Archie had two other brothers, serving with NZ Forces, Ronald and Peter, who survived the war. He also had a brother, Michael, that died in a mountaineering accident in 1939

Their father, the Rev. Canon Archibald Keith, was the vicar of Wimborne Minster from 1920 to 1946.

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Casualty

Service Number:

1230

Name:

Archibald Evelyn Keith

Date of Birth:

20 January 1910

Place of Birth:

Sri Lanka

Education:

Christ's Hospital, Horsham (The Blue Coat School)

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Farmer

Unit:

New Zealand Armoured Corps, Divisional Cavalry Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Not known

Date of Death:

26 June 1941

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Phaleron War Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

8. A. 8.

Cemetery Location:

Greece