Samuel Arthur KEELING

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Service Number:	100
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ironworker
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 26, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 100, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 100, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 100, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Address at the time of enlistment was 27 Cremorne Street, Richmond, Victoria

Son of Thomas Keeling and Annie Rebecca Keeling nee Hickling. Brother of Ethel May Keeling

Next of kin was given as his sister Mrs C.L. Wilson, of 2 Adelaide Street, Richmond, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Did 3 years Compulsory Military Forces with the Senior Cadets