Keith Andrew James GATEGOOD MID

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, 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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