KEAGE E.L.

Given Names:  Eric Lawson

Service Number:  11031

Unit:  Divisional Signal, Company 3                                                                                  

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number:  102811

Age:  18 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  130 Lbs

Chest:  33½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/5/1916

Place:  Broadmeadows

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Alexander Barrett Keage

23 Belmont Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  25/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ascanius A11

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Nestor   

Embarked:      

Disembarked:  15/12/1919

Unit:  3rd Divisional Signal Company                                                                                              

Rank: 

Discharge Date:  21/3/1920                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  44135

Victory Medal:  43420

Other:    Military Medal

BIRTH

Date or Year:  9/8/1897

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Alexander Barrett KEAGE           

Mother:  Hannah LAWSON

MARRIAGE

Year:  1926     

Place:             

Spouse: Anne Dickins TOMPKINS

DEATH

Date or Year: 31/12/1962                        

Place: ,Canberra Community Hospital Aust Capital Territory                  

Burial:  Canberra Cemetery, Aust Capital Territory

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Military Medal recommendation dated 29/8/1918 for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the operations west of Bray on 22/8/1918

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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