Keogh was sent to Broadmeadows , Victoria , where he trained as a signaller . He was assigned to the 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron , and embarked for Iraq on the RMS '' Malwa '' on 25 July 1916 , joining his unit as Basra on 28 August . He was evacuated to hospital in India on 11 September , but returned to duty with his unit on 1 March 1917 . He served in Iraq and Iran until the end of the war , embarking for Australia on the SS '' Janus '' on 26 February 1919 . On 15 April 1919 , he reached Melbourne , where he was discharged from the Army with the rank of sapper on 25 May 1919 . He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal , but his application for the General Service Medal was declined , as he was not in Iraq during the eligibility period , which was after 14 July 1919
General Service Medal
General Service Medal (1918)
Eustace Graham Keogh