KEAST, Thomas Eric Carter
| 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, November 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 |
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 |
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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
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gallipoli, 1915
Cpl. Thomas Eric Carter Keast, 22nd Battalion Australian Infantry, was killed in action on 27th October 1915. He is buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Anzac.
“KEAST. — Killed in action on 27th October, at Gallipoli, Corporal T. E. C. Keast, 22nd Battalion, loved youngest son of Ellen J. and the late W. H. Keast, of Murrumbeena, aged 21 years.” [1]
“KEAST. — A tribute to the memory of my dear old mate, Corporal Eric Keast, killed in action at Gallipoli on October 27, aged 21 years, late of Murrumbeena.
“Safe Home.” [2]
The former gas fitter was the son of Ellen Jane Keast, of Melbourne Street, Murrumbeena, Victoria, and the late William Keast.
[1] 'The Argus' (Melbourne, Victoria), 20th November 1915.
[2] 'The Australasian' (Melbourne, Victoria), 27th November 1915.
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