Military service
Burial/memorial information
He got married on 9 July 1938 in Toronto. He was father of Edward Allen Keating, born 29 August 1939-died on 12 February 1940; and father of Lorne Vernon Keating, born 19 March 1941, both born in Toronto.
He served with the Queen’s York Rangers – NPAM – during four months, with the 1st Detachment, Irish Regiment of Canada (MG) – NPAM – 1940-04-08 to 1941-09-29, service number K-302 replaced by service number 2302; with the Royal Regiment of Canada, service number B-68171, 1941-09-30 to 1941-10-18, when he was deployed to 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada. He was killed in action in Stanley Mount and was then reported as missing in action. He had 210 days of service, including 56 overseas.
His brother, Private Lorne Keating, service number B-621570, served overseas with the Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment; his uncle Sapper D.H. Chappelle, with the Royal Canadian Engineer. They both survived the war.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Memorial
Rifleman EDWARD ROSS KEATING is one of 30 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Newspaper clipping
Rifleman EDWARD ROSS KEATING was reported Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 242th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Rifleman Edward Ross Keating
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Rifleman Edward Ross Keating
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edward Ross Keating
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edward Ross Keating
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edward Ross Keating
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edward Ross Keating
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edward Ross Keating
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 34 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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