Leonard George Keiss
Born | 5.09.1876 |
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Place | Derpt (Tartu), Estonia |
Ethnic origin | Estonian |
Religion | Church of England |
Father | Peter Keiss |
Mother | Elizabeth Cook |
Arrived at Australia |
from Seattle, USA on 23.12.1913 per Arino disembarked at Melbourne |
Residence before enlistment | Melbourne |
Occupation | Engineer, fitter, turner |
Naturalisation | Served as Russian subject |
Residence after the war | Ipswich, Qld |
Died | 11.12.1923, Ipswich, Qld |
Service #1 – Depot
Service number | 2494 |
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Enlisted | 9.05.1916 |
Place of enlistment | Sydney |
Unit | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
Rank | Private |
Discharged | 10.08.1916 |
Materials
Digitised application for naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Alien registration 1 2 (NAA)
Blog article
Newspaper articles
A Northern Ipswich incident. - Queensland Times, Ipswich, 12 July 1918, p. 4.
Gallery
![](https://russiananzacs.net//upload/Keiss.jpg)
Leonard George Keiss, 1916
(Gaol Inmates/Prisoners Photos Index, NSW SA)