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CAHIR, Keith Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 960 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 September 1914, An original of H Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Nar Nar Goon, Cardinia, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Striker |
| Died: | 1960, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, North Nar Nar Goon State School No 2914 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 960, 14th Infantry Battalion, An original of H Company | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 960, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 960, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Imprisoned The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Cahir was reported missing, 8 August 1915, later confirmed as a prisoner of war, interned at Barzanti Terminus, Anatolian Railway, Taurus Mountain, 21 February 1916. He was repatriated from Turkey; arrived Port Said, Egypt, 29 November 1918 and returned to Australia 25 December 1918. Cahir’s medical report of 1919 noted that he suffered from malaria for three years and Spanish influenza and ‘feels well but weak’. His older brother 5138 Private William Francis Cahir 22nd Battalion AIF, was killed in action 3 October 1917 age 31.
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