Malcolm Clair KEIGHTLEY
1922 - 1945 (22 years)
Generation: 1
1. Malcolm Clair KEIGHTLEY was born on 17 Dec 1922 in Unley, South Australia, Australia; died on 24 Apr 1945 in WW2,,,Burma; was buried in Burma. Notes:
Died:
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.