Richard Wonson (Dick) KEEGAN MID

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Service Number:	NX35027
Enlisted:	27 March 1940
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 31 August 1907
Home Town:	Willoughby, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barrister
Died:	Presumed Killed, Malaya, 11 February 1942, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Kranji War Cemetery Sp. Mem. 20. C. 19.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Major, NX35027
27 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, NX35027, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
11 Feb 1942:	Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, NX35027, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, "Missing believed wounded". Later recorded as "Presumed Dead".
12 Sep 1946:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Malaya/Singapore

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