Malcolm Clair KEIGHTLEY
1922 - 1945 (22 years)
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Name Malcolm Clair KEIGHTLEY Birth 17 Dec 1922 Unley, South Australia, Australia 
Gender Male Death 24 Apr 1945 WW2,,,Burma - Obituary: Malcolm Clair KEIGHTLEY.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Keightley, of Mizpah avenue, Unley, have been notified that their youngest son, WO Malcolm C. Keightley, 22, is reported missing, believed to have lost his life while engaged in strafing and bombing a bridge in Burma on April 24. WO Keightley joined the RAAF in June, 1941, left for overseas in 1943. and arrived in India in March, 1944. He was educated at the Adelaide High School, and was on office staff of Angliss and Co. before enlisting.
Two brothers, Maurice and Ray, are in the AIF serving abroad. His engagement to Miss Mary Norton, of Hyde Park, was recently announced.
Transcribed from The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA:1931-1954), Saturday 5 May 1945, Page 11. Accessed in Trove 11 April 2020.
Burial Burma Person ID I41 Squire Family History Last Modified 11 Apr 2020
Father Herbert Clair KEIGHTLEY, b. 20 Nov 1882, Quorn, South Australia, Australia d. 16 Nov 1960, OG Road, Felixstow, South Australia, Australia (Age 77 years) Mother Amy Isabel CHAMBERS, b. 17 Mar 1885, Liston St, Parkside, South Australia, Australia d. 21 Jul 1959, Magill Wards, Magill, South Australia, Australia (Age 74 years) Marriage 27 Sep 1916 Angelo Street, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia [1] Family ID F2 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 17 Dec 1922 - Unley, South Australia, Australia 
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Letter from Malcolm to his parents, 22 April 1944.
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Sources - [S28] Marriage Civil Western Australia, 14 Jun 2012.
Married 27 September 1916, by Presbyterian Rites, at Angelo Street, South Perth.
Groom Herbert Clair KEIGHTLEY, age 34 years, bachelor, farmer, present residence South Perth, usual residence Mindebooka via Baandee, WA
Groom's parents father Herbert KEIGHTLEY, commercial traveller, mother Helen Band Thomson.
Bride Amy Isabel CHAMBERS 31 years, spinster, home duties, present residence South Perth, usual residence Ramage Street, Unley, South Australia.
Bride's parents father Alfred Ocean CHAMBERS (deceased), relieving officer, mother Sarah Hannah STODART (deceased).
Witnesses Nellie SMOKER and Edna M STOCKDALE.
Officiating minister G Nisbet Dods.
Registered 4 October 1916.
- [S28] Marriage Civil Western Australia, 14 Jun 2012.