Malcolm McLeod KESHAN

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	4 October 1915, Posted to A Company 6th Infantry Training Battalion as Instructor at Holsworthy Camp Liverpool till March 1916
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 13 September 1892
Home Town:	Watsons Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Three years Technical College, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Physical Instructor
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 23 August 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

4 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Instructional Staff (AIF), Posted to A Company 6th Infantry Training Battalion as Instructor at Holsworthy Camp Liverpool till March 1916
16 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Appointment as a Second Lieutenant in the AIF from Officer School 2MD
16 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
13 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Infantry Training Battalions, Qualified as Instructor Bomb Throwing Lyndhurst UK
17 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the Field from Reinforcements UK
16 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, GSW Buttock and Elbow severe
29 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
20 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Injured Fractured Ribs to CCS remained on duty
23 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Struck off strength Platoon Commander Killed in Action Proyart France due to Severe shell wounds
23 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-23

Lieutenant Keshan KIA 23 August 1918

Detail report of the demise of Lieutenant Keshan and his platoon is detailed in the

3rd Battalion War Diary for August 1918

In particular pages 52 and 53 of 72 copy held in the Australian War Memorial collection.

Lieutenant Keshan entire platoon (less four men) were killed or wounded in action
In one barrage of shell fire as they stepped out into the open from the screen of the village.

The following members of his platoon are linked on this data base

Privates Tanswell, Doyle , Mackie, Carrington of the 3rd Battalion

Lt Keshan and 5 members are buried side by side at Heath Cemetry

Details held with CWGC data base.

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia