KEENAN, John Patrick
Service Number: | 2668 |
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Enlisted: | 11 May 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Army Pay Corps (AIF) |
Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 24 June 1887 |
Home Town: | Manly, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 18 March 1967, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
11 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2668, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2668, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2668, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane | |
19 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 47th Infantry Battalion, At Codford, England | |
23 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 47th Infantry Battalion, In France. Promoted to Corporal and Lance Sergeant the same day | |
17 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
28 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 47th Battalion | |
2 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Army Pay Corps (AIF), From 48th Battalion | |
30 Aug 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2668, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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Son of Francis James Keenan and Margaret Mary Keenan nee Ritchie of Ipswich, QLD
Husband of Maud Keenan nee Dodd of Carlton Terrace, Manly, QLD. John and Maud married in QLD on 31 October 1914
Commenced return to Australia on 17 April 1920 aboard HT Bahia Castillo disembarking on 23 June 1920 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal