James Patrick Keogh (1888 – 31 August 1940) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Keogh was born in

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, the son of William Keogh and his wife Mary (née Maher). He arrived in

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around 1902 and worked as a

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in north Queensland before serving in the

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assigned as a gunner to the 3rd Battery Australian Field Artillery Regiment in

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. Here he was one of the original Anzacs who fought at

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. Later in the war he was gassed, wounded and reported dead while serving in Belgium and finally invalided back to Australia. In the 1930s he was once again reported dead from the

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of his local church but when friends went to his home to offer their condolences they found him mowing his lawn. On 20 December 1918 he married Clara Ethel Clifford (died 1978)Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 10 April 2016. in England and together had three sons and three daughters. Keogh had been ill for some time before dying at the Rosemount Military Hospital in August 1940. It is thought that the effects of the gassing and injuries he received in World War I hastened his death. He was buried in the

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Public career

Keogh was an alderman on the Brisbane City Council, representing the ward of Fortitude Valley from 1925 until 1931. During that time he served on nearly all of the council's committees. From 1932 until his death in 1940 Keogh was the member for

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in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was the government representative on the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Board.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Keogh, James Patrick Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1888 births 1940 deaths Burials at Nudgee Cemetery Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians Australian military personnel of World War I Australian Army soldiers