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Oscar KEAST

Regimental number5768
Place of birthHay, New South Wales
SchoolMaryborough High School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressRailway Street, Maryborough, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Williams, Vermont Railway Street, Maryborough, Victoria
Enlistment date15 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 August 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death19.4
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 44), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
73
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Elizabeth Jane WILLIAMS (formerly KEAST) Railway Crescent, Maryborough, Victoria, and the late John KEAST. Native of Hay, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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