Eustace Graham Keogh

Eustace Graham Keogh, (24 April 1899 – 9 November 1981) was an Australian Army officer and military historian who served in First and Second World Wars. He won the AMF Gold Medal Essay three times, and was the editor of the Australian Army Journal from 1948 to 1964. He published several books on the Australian Army's campaigns.

Early life Eustace Graham Keogh was born in Rutherglen, Victoria, on 24 April 1899, the second son of Arthur Graham Keogh, 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. He qualified as a civil engineer and surveyor, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 24th Battalion, a part-time Militia unit, on 22 November 1924. He was promoted to captain on 27 September 1929, and major on 5 November 1935. He won the AMF Gold Medal Essay in 1931, and again in 1937. On 21 April 1939, he was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG) of the 3rd Division.

Second World War Keogh joined the Second Australian Imperial Force on 17 April 1940 as a captain, and was given the AIF service number VX11986. He initially served as with the 7th Division headquarters (HQ) as its camp commandant. He became a major in the 2/24th Battalion when it was formed on 15 July, and embarked for the Middle East on the on 20 October 1940. On arrival he was sent to the Middle East Tactical School, where he attended the Staff Liaison Course,

On 9 August 1942, Keogh embarked on the MS Skjelbred to return to Australia, arriving in Adelaide on 11 September. He was assigned to the Advanced Headquarters, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area, (LHQ) as a GSO2 in the G Branch Directorate of Military Training.

Military historian Keogh returned to the Directorate of Military Training as a civilian employee. In 1948 he became the editor of the Australian Army Journal, which published its first issue in June 1948. That year he won the AMF Gold Medal Essay for the third time. He remained the editor until 1964. He wrote articles for the journal as well as editing it, and published five books on the Australian Army's campaigns in the First and Second World Wars, and one on the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862 in the American Civil War. The Army decided that this would be the subject of examination in 1952, and as there were few sources available, Keogh wrote one. Interest was low, and only the last book, South West Pacific, 1941–1945 attracted a mainstream commercial publisher. He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire "in recognition for outstanding public service" in the 1957 New Year Honours.

In retirement, Keogh was the technical advisor to the television series, The Sullivans, about the experiences of an Australian family during and immediately after the Second World War. He died on 9 November 1981. In 2014, the E.G. Keogh Visiting Chair was named in his memory. It provides for an annual visit by a selected eminent academic in strategic or war studies in order to increase the profile of debate on land warfare issues in Australia. Jeffrey Grey wrote that Keogh: