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GATEGOOD, Keith Andrew James

Service Number:	QX6026
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, 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
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World War 2 Service

24 Oct 1939:	Involvement Major, QX6026
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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