Ernest Keeley

Ernest Keeley
Personal information
Born(1890-05-26)26 May 1890
Pretoria, South African Republic
Died23 July 1918(1918-07-23) (aged 28)
Flanders, Belgium
Sport
SportSports shooting

Ernest James Keeley (26 May 1890 – 23 July 1918) was a South African sports shooter.[1] He competed in four events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2]

He was killed in action in Belgium during World War I[3] while serving as a Second Lieutenant in the 4th Regiment of South African Infantry, and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Commonwealth Ploegsteert Memorial.[4]

  1. ^ "Ernest Keeley". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Ernest Keeley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  4. ^ "CWGC Casualty record". Retrieved 19 November 2017.