William KELEGHAN

KELEGHAN, William

Service Number: 680
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
Born: Athlone, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Glebe, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Warehouseman
Died: 23 July 1915, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Plot: R.C. Sec. M2. Area N. Grave 2872
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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914: Involvement Sergeant, 680, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914: Embarked Sergeant, 680, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

The son of Patrick & Ellen Keleghan of Glebe Point, Sydney, N.S.W., William enlisted in the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in 16 August 1914 and was discharged on 18 January 1915. He re-enlisted on 22 February 1915 and was appointed Staff Sergeant Major, Service No. 680, Australian Instructional Corps, Liverpool Camp. He died aged 31 years.

He is a recent addition to the Roll of Great War dead having been accepted for commemoration as Great War dead on 20th July 2017.

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