KEOGH, Tom
| Service Number: | 683 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 December 1915, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia , March 1878 |
| Home Town: | Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College St Kilda, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Innisfail Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 683, 41st Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland. | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 683, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 683, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 9 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 683, 41st Infantry Battalion, Gunshot Wound to face, abdomen and hand. Died of Wounds. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Thomas was the son of John and Mary Ann ‘Minnie’ Keogh of Inkerman Road, St. Kilda, Victoria. He was 39 years of age when he died and prior to the war he was a barrister and solicitor. He had apparently gone to Innsifail, Queensland to try his hand at sugar cane farming. He enlisted in Townsville, Queensland and gave his occupation as a labourer. He was wounded in action on the 8 March 1917, in the chest and abdomen, and died of his wounds the next day in a Casualty Clearing Station. His two brothers also died during 1917, 5126 Pte Bernard Keogh 11th Battalion was killed in action at Bullecourt and 3827 Sgt Raymond Keogh 8th Battalion died at Ypres during October 1917.
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