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KEELEY, George Daniel

Service Number:	434
Enlisted:	14 February 1916, Enlisted Ulverstone Tasmania allocated to 40th Battalion at Claremont Camp on establishment of Unit
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	North Motton, Central Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Ulverstone State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural Causes , 27 November 1973, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
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World War 1 Service

14 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 434, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Ulverstone Tasmania allocated to 40th Battalion at Claremont Camp on establishment of Unit
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 434, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 434, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
23 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion, On posted strength of the Battalion at Larkhill Camp UK
4 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 434, 40th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Gunshot wound Face Right eye destroyed, Fracture of Nasal Bone, evacuation to Wandsworth UK for treatment and convalescence
31 Oct 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 434, 40th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit for discharge Loss of right eye and headaches
19 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 434, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 6MD Hobart medically unfit GSW Right Eye

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Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

Resided Newport Victoria (1925) , Redfern Sydney (1934)