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KEAST, Thomas Eric Carter
Personal Details
Service Number: | 411 |
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Enlisted: | 10 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Murrumbeena, Glen Eira, Victoria |
Schooling: | Ballarat State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Gas Fitter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 27 October 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row D, Grave 53 Chaplain T.P. Bennett officiated |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 411, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 411, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 411, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Henry and Ellen Jane Keast of Melbourne Street, Murrumbeena, Victoria. Brother of Henry Shafto Keast of Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Had previously served with the Sub Mariners 38th Engineers