KEATH, Neville Dudley
Service Number: | 3566 |
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Enlisted: | 22 July 1915, Geelong, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, March 1897 |
Home Town: | Queenscliff, Victoria |
Schooling: | Queenscliff State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Grocer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Aubigny, France, 28 April 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 21, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queenscliff Fire Brigade Honor Roll, Queenscliff St. George's Anglican Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
22 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3566, Geelong, Victoria | |
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5 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3566, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
5 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3566, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
22 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3566, 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), France | |
8 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3566, 58th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3566, 58th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
28 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3566, 58th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3566 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...3566 Private Neville Dudley Keath, 22nd Battalion, of Queenscliff, Vic. Pte Keath enlisted on 22 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Afric on 5 January 1916. He was killed in action on 28 April 1918 at Hamel in the Somme area of France, while serving with the 58th Battalion. His brother 3822 Pte Clifford John Keath was killed in action on 5 August 1916." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Private Neville Dudley Keath is also remembered at:
Queenscliff Memorial Garden;
St Georges C of E, Queenscliff;
Queenscliff RSL Honour Roll; and
Queesncliff Fire Brigade.