Tasmania Dalrymple KEATING
Personal
Born: 22 March, 1895
Birthplace: Rockbank
Parents: Edward Symonds Keating (1855-1934)
Mary Ann Jane Morand (1857-1946)
Died: 1976
Place of death: Heidelberg, Victoria
Burial place: Springvale, Grevillea Gardens, Bed 1, Rose 20, Springvale, Victoria
Awards and Honours
- 1914-1915 Star
- British War Medal 1914-20
- Victory Medal
Battalions
6th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
Events
Enlistment
Regimental Service Number: 1777
Enlistment date: 4 January, 1915 Melbourne
Age at enlistment: 19 years 9 months
Address at enlistment: Rockbank
Religion: Roman Catholic
Marital Status: Single
Next of kin: Father: E S Keating, c/- Rockbank Post Office
Physical Description: Height: 5 feet 3 inches
Weight: 9 stones 7 pounds
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Fair
Distinctive marks: Scar right hip; moles on stomach and back
Embarkation ship: HMAT A28 Wiltshire.
Rank: Corporal
Return Date: 4 May, 1917
Return Vessel: HT Runic.
Arrival at Australia: 5 July, 1917.
Discharge Date: 13 August, 1917
War Service Summary
13/04/1915 - Embarked for active service per H.M.A.T. Wiltshire
27/05/1915 - Joined 6th Battalion, Gallipoli
07/01/1916 - Disembarked H.M.T. Empress of Britain Alexandria, ex Lemnos
25/03/1916 - Embarked from Alexandria to join British Expeditionary Force
30/03/1916 - Disembarked Marseilles
23/05/1916 - Appointed Lance Corporal
31/07/1916 - Promoted Corporal
16/08/1916 - Wounded in Action; Gun Shot Wound to skull, shoulder, chest, arm and leg, severe; Poziers
17/08/1916 - Admitted 13th Field Ambulance
21/08/1916 - Admitted St. Johns Ambulance Brigade Hospital, Etaples
04/09/1916 - Embarked H.S. Newhaven at Calais for England
05/09/1916 - Admitted Kitchener Hospital, Brighton
07/10/1916 - Transferred to Beech Green Hospital, Sussex
27/11/1916 - Transferred to 3rd Auxillary Hospital
08/01/1917 - Discharged from hospital; Marched in from Dartford to Weymouth
04/05/1917 - Embarked for Australia, ex Devonport per H.T. Runic
05/07/1917 - Disembarked at Melbourne.
13/08/1917 - Discharged, medically unfit
14/08/1917 - Granted a War Pension of 34/- per fortnight
World War 2 Service Number - V366822
War Service Commemerated
Life After the War
15/06/1918 Married Ruby Rachel Edmonds (1889-1945), St Johns Church, East Malvern , Reg. # 2462
Children:
William Dalrymple (1919-1987)
Peggy Tasma (1923-2009)
Betty Clara
Place/s of residence:
Rockbank
1925 - Moquet Farm, Balliang East (with Ruby & William)
10/06/1967 - 135 Boundary Road, East Bentleigh
Occupations:
Farmer
Fitter
Date of Death:
1976 Heidleberg; Reg. # 51, (1977)
Place of Burial:
Springvale, Grevillea Gardens, Bed 1, Rose 20
Other relevant information:
Brothers serve:
William Dalrymple Keating
Tasmania Dalrymple Keating
Henry Ernest Keating, Killed In Action
Additional Information
The Bacchus Marsh Express
And
Melton Express
Saturday 18 August 1917, P 2
The meeting to form a committee to entertain local soldiers returning from Active Service, was held on Monday evening, and there was an unusually large attendance of both ladies and gentlemen Cr. J. F. Minns in the chair. The following committee was appointed :-Rev. F. Stanley Love (President), Mr. Jas.
H. Cunningham (Hon. Sec.), Messrs. Wraith, Robinson, J. F. Minns;, Whittington and G. McDonald. It was decided to hold a social on Friday 31st inst., to entertain the, present returned soldiers – Privates J. Minns, R. McPherson, G. Ware, Keating, P. Nolan, M. A. Nolan, Lachmund and Jurd. .
Sources
Service Record
Newspaper accounts