Reginald Michael Keating
Number: S/7105
Rank: Lieutenant
D.O.B.: 27th February 1923, Newcastle, New South
Wales
Service History
24.08.42 Enlisted as Ordinary Seaman, HMAS
Cerberus
Feb. 1943 Passed Officer Training Course No.6 and recommended for
promotion to Midshipman and selected for Assault
13.02.43 Promoted to Midshipman
27.02.43 Promoted to Acting Sub Lieutenant
05.03.43 Posted to HMAS Assault
01.10.43 Promoted to Sub Lieutenant and posted to HMAS Westralia
Dec. 1943 Appointed as Assistant Beachmaster, No.2 Naval Beach
Commando
Jan. 1944 Posted to Kuranda as Assistant Beachmaster, No.1 Beach Party,
Naval Beach Commando
24.01.44 Posted to Ladava
28.02.44 Posted to HMAS Platypus
Apr. 1944 Posted to Naval Beach Commando, Cairns
24.12.44 Posted to HMAS Madang, New Guinea
25.02.45 Posted to HMAS Westralia
03.03.45 Returned to Australia and posted to HMAS Moreton
04.04.45 Posted to HMAS Madang
