Regimental number | 3418 |
Place of birth | Toolern, Victoria |
School | Rockbank State School, Rockbank, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Rockbank, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, Edward Keating, Rockbank, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 60th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/77/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "Enlisted 4th June, 1917. Entering Camp at Broadmeadows. Sailed on "Port Melbourne" from Sydney on or about 13th July, 1917. Arrived in France in February, 1918 as a member of 60th Battalion. Transferred to Machine Gun Section in order to be with elder brother who was already in that Company. Reported wounded and five weeks later received correspondence stating "killed and not wounded as previously reported". Letters received from Lientenant of Company." Details from Father. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Morlancourt, France |
Age at death | 20 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Nieppe-Bois (Rue-De-Bois) British Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 24), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 175 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edward and Mry Ann KEATING, Rockbank, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |