Born in Dublin.
Enlisted at Dublin into the 9th Lancers on the 6th of July 1842. No Regimental number is shown as being allocated as he did not join the regiment from the Depot.
Transferred to the 8th Hussars on the 2nd of February 1843 — vide War Office Authority dated the 9th of January 1843.
Embarked for the Crimea aboard the H.T. "Echunga" on the 15th of April 1854.
At Scutari General Hospital from the 1st of June 1855 and invalided to England on the 23rd of June.
Confined from the 3rd of August 1855. Tried by a District Court-martial on the 6th of August. Given 50 lashes and awarded stoppage of 1d. per day for 30 days.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
From Private to Corporal: 21st of July 1858.
Entitled (according to the medal rolls) to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol. He does not appear on the Balaclava clasp roll, but is noted with a "B" (for Balaclava) by the side of his Alma/Inkerman entitlement.
Mutiny medal with clasp for Central India.
Served at Kotah and Gwalior.
An obituary, not dated, from an Irish newspaper published in 2001, from a column, "135 years ago":
"Sudden death. An elderly man named Michael Keating, formerly a groom to Mr. H. O'Loglrlen, Governor of the County Jail, was found dead in bed this morning at Drumboggle.
Deceased was a well conducted, sober man, and was a pensioner of the 8th Hussars, having shared the fortunes of that gallant regiment during the Indian Mutiny."