Of Napier. Served in anti-tank unit in Tripoli during WWII
Keating, A O, active 1940s
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World War, 1939-1945. Campaigns. Western Desert. Tripoli
Date: [ca 1940-1943]
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-085
Description: Most photographs have captions. Include: NZ Army Engineers bridging gap on Tripoli waterfront; NZ Divisional Signals playing Maori Battalion for NZ Rugby championship; Divisional parade at Castel Benito for Winston Churchill, Feb 1943; hair-cutting (Sgt Harding of Auckland, Bdj Christie of Auckland, Gnr Dobbie of Wyndham & Gnr Wilson of Gore); mortar area west of `Marble Arch'; group of anti-tankers taken at Castel Benito on day of parade for Churchill (K O Garland, N R Browne, L A Waghorn, F N Moore, A O Keating, J G Watts, M J Cummick, R Meddle (UK), H S Silvester, L de Gilbert, J J Voss, A Alp); Highland Division of 8th Army marching through Tripoli; NZ machine gun section in action in pursuit of Axis forces, Jan 1943 Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Bdr A O Keating, DCM - Photograph taken by G Bull
Date: 7 Jul 1943
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Bull, George Robert, 1910-1996
Reference: DA-01998-F
Description: Portrait of Bdr A O Keating, DCM (Napier) Taken at Maadi, Egypt, on 7 July 1943 by G Bull. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative