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Keith Arthur URQUHART

Regimental number6576
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGrazier
AddressBoonerah, Hexham, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, R R Urquhart, Boonerah, Hexham, Victoria
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Light Horse Regiment
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29845 (1 December 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62 (19 April 1917)

FateReturned to Australia 11 July 1917
Family/military connectionsBrother: [39] Lt Roderick William URQUHART, 8th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action, 7 August 1916.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsName incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Keath Arthur URQUHART. Address incorrectly entered as Boonerch, Hexham, Victoria.

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