Name
Malcolm McLeod Keshan
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/08/1918
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES
III. I. 19.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Digswell House Australian Hospital Memorial, St John's Church, Digswell
Pre War
Malcolm McLeod Keshan was born in Redfern, New South Wales, the son of Daniel and Margaret Keshan.
He lived at Bell Street, Watsons Bay, New South Wales and his occupation was a Physical Culture Expert.
Wartime Service
He enlisted on 18 September 1915 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, 19th Reinforcement.
His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916. He served on the Western Front and was killed in action on 23 August 1918, age 25.
Additional Information
Next of kin on CWGC documents is shown as Miss A A Keshan, Dunfermline, Bell Street, Watson's Bay, N.S.W.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
aif.adfa.edu.au
