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GATEGOOD, Keith Andrew James
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX6026 |
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Enlisted: | 24 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Major |
Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 13 November 1905 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Salesman |
Died: | Natural causes, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 26 February 1975, aged 69 years |
Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
24 Oct 1939: | Involvement Major, QX6026 | |
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24 Oct 1939: | Enlisted | |
24 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, QX6026, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion | |
23 Oct 1942: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, QX6026, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Goodenough Island, GSW right wrist - remained on duty | |
1 Jan 1943: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, QX6026, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua, GSW left shoulder (axiila) and right thigh | |
28 May 1943: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For exceptional service in the field in the south-west Pacific area. | |
23 Apr 1948: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, QX6026, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion | |
23 Apr 1948: | Discharged |
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