Edwin Keig

1875-1918

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1438

About

Born in New Zealand

29 November 1875
Live

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Public Works Department
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Royal Naval Reserve

    5 years in the United Kingdom

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 42

    14 November 1918

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5541 86/0062052, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 4.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Edwin Keig (1875-1918)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/438