Keast, William Reginald

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Agent TypePersonIdentifierUMA-AG-000000078Activities & OccupationsPilotsSoldiersHistoryWilliam Reginald Keast enlisted as an engineer in September 1914 and started basic training in Egypt in October. He served at Gallipoli from April until late that year, when he returned to Egypt. He was transferred to France in March 1916 where he saw action at Pozieres and Ypres, Late in 1916 he joined the Royal Flying Corps, attended flying school at Oxford and Dover, and was stationed at Calais in June 1917. He was killed in August that year.

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Keast, William Reginald