LEVI, Keith Maurice
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1915, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School; Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery I E 20 |
| Memorials: | Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Melbourne Cricket Club Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Victorian Jewish War Memorial, WA Jewish War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Perth, WA | |
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| 6 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Fremantle, WA | |
| 20 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Attached to 10th Light Horse Regiment and also served on Hospital Ships between Gallipoli and Lemnos/Egypt during May. | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Killed in action at Cape Helles while attached to the Hampshire Regiment, 29th British Division. | |
| 11 Dec 1915: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, General Sir Ian Hamilton's despatches. | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 1st Australian General Hospital |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
KEITH MAURICE LEVI who was killed in action at the Dardanelles on 7th August 1915 was the second son of Mr. Joseph Levi of St. Kilda. He was born in 1891 and entered the School in 1906 and left in 1908. While at School he was a prominent member of the Camera Club, winning some of the competitions. The drop scene in use at the dramatic entertainments in Big School was painted from a photo taken by him for one of the competitions.
On leaving School he entered Ormond College at the Melbourne University and graduated M.B. and Ch.B. in 1914, taking a Third Class in Obstetrics in his final examination. He was a prominent University hockey player.
He became resident medical officer at the Melbourne Hospital for a short time and then joined the staff of the Perth Public Hospital and remained there until he joined the A.A.M.C. as Captain on 14th January 1915.
He went to Egypt with Light Horse Reinforcements in February 1915. He was for some time at the 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis. Early in May he left for the Dardanelles, and was working between there and Alexandria on the transports with - the wounded. He was afterwards appointed to take charge of the medical camp at Imbros-a resting camp for soldiers from trenches-and was there until 29th July, when he became attached as Regimental Medical Officer to the Hampshire Regiment, 29th Division.
He was shot through the head and killed instantly while on duty with his regiment at Cape Helles. He was Mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton's Despatches of 11th December 1915.
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