William James KEOUGH

KEOUGH, William James

    Service Number: 4920
    Enlisted: 2 August 1915, Initial Unit: 13th Reinforcements, 10th Battalion, AIF. • Embarkation: Left Adelaide on HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on October 27, 1915, arriving in Egypt. • Transfer: February 26, 1916, to the 50th Battalion (13th Brigade, 4th Division) in Egypt.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Port Pirie South Australia, 15 December 1896
    Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Adelaide, South Australia, 27 February 1981, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
    Buried at Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA (expired plot)
    Memorials: Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4920, 10th Infantry Battalion, Initial Unit: 13th Reinforcements, 10th Battalion, AIF. • Embarkation: Left Adelaide on HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on October 27, 1915, arriving in Egypt. • Transfer: February 26, 1916, to the 50th Battalion (13th Brigade, 4th Division) in Egypt.
    27 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4920, 10th Infantry Battalion, Left Adelaide on HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on October 27, 1915, arriving in Egypt.
    26 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transfer: February 26, 1916, to the 50th Battalion (13th Brigade, 4th Division) in Egypt. The 50th Battalion was formed from reinforcements and veterans of the 10th Battalion as part of the AIF's expansion.
    9 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4920, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    9 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4920, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide
    11 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4920, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Arrived in France (Marseille) on June 11, 1916, via HMAT Afric. Key Battles and Actions (The 50th Battalion saw intense combat on the Western Front, suffering heavy casualties in major offensives): Battle of Pozières (July-August 1916, Somme Offensive) – Heavy fighting at Mouquet Farm. Wounded in action 6 October 1916. Hospitalized in London November 7, 1916. Recovered and returned to 50th battalion AIF.
    7 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4920, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, Battle of Messines (June 7, 1917, Belgium) – Eyewitness to Pte. Frank Watson’s wounding. Eyewitness Account: From Red Cross files on Pte. Watson (4830): “I saw Watson wounded at Messines on 7.6.17. He was hit in the thigh by a machine gun bullet. I helped to carry him back to the dressing station. He was conscious and seemed cheerful. I did not see him again.”
    31 Jul 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4920, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, In the countryside near the Belgian town of Ypres, Australians fought in one of the most costly and horrific campaigns of World War I. Many of them died or were wounded in the epic struggle. In the 1917 offensive, British and French forces tried to roll back the German positions along the low-lying ridges south of Ypres and break through the German lines towards the Channel coast. After eight major British attacks over more than 3 months, the Canadian troops captured Passchendaele early in November. This marked the end of the offensive and the failure of the British strategic plan. The Allies had suffered some 310,000 casualties, of whom some 38,000 were Australian, and the Germans lost about 270,000 men.

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