MCKEOWN, Robert
| Service Number: | NX124624 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 October 1936 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 54 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Pymble, New South Wales, Australia, 3 July 1906 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Banking/finance |
| Died: | Biventricular failure, Bronchogenic Carcinoma, Perth Western Australia, 13 December 1981, aged 75 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia VC Area Wall 2 position 0001 MCB-285590-W2K2N1 KC00068935 (historic) KARRAKATTA CEMETERY Cremation |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Oct 1936: | Enlisted NX124624, 54 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 21 Feb 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, NX124624, 54 Infantry Battalion AMF |
My Pop
Robert Mckeown is my paternal grandfather. Known to friends and family as "Bob" he was the youngest of 6 children born to Ebenezer and Eliza Mckeown. Bob was born in Pymble NSW and worked for the Bank of New South Wales/Wales bank in Dubbo, Manly and later Perth WA for most of his life. Bob and wife Laura moved to Perth in the early 1970's to be close to their only son Geoff and his family where they lived in a flat Scarborough near the beach. Bob died of Lung Cancer in Royal Perth Hospital in December 1981. Bob was cremated and his ashes are located in a memorial garden at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth alongside wife Laura, son Geoff and his wife Judy.
My memories of Pop are of a gentle giant of a man who had a wry sense of humour and a fondness for rolls of cadbury dairy milk chocolate.
Submitted 4 December 2022 by Kim Mckeown
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