Gavan Gray KEANE

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Service Number:	VX72258
Enlisted:	19 February 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 27 February 1905
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Trinity Grammar, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Chief Inspector (Insurance)
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua , 12 January 1943, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 7. Row A. Grave 17. Inscription: "WE WILL NEVER FORGET, LOVED HUSBAND OF RUTH, BROTHER OF LESLIE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement VX72258
19 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX72258, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
19 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX72258
12 Jan 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX72258, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion

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Gavan Gray KEANE was born in Caulfield in Victoria on 27th February, 1905

His parents were Francis Wilfred KEANE & Helen GRAY

He married Ruth Elizabeth BURBANK in Victoria in 1933