Richard KEENAN

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Service Number:	3485
Enlisted:	27 April 1917, Enlisted at Menangle Park, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carrier
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 12 February 1976, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales Interred on 16 February 1976. Roman Catholic area, Block FM, Row 21, Grave 0155
Memorials:

27 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3485, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Menangle Park, NSW
18 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1st Light Horse Regiment
2 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 3485, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 3485, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
18 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 3485, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to loss of power in his right arm

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At the time of enlistment he was postal address was 97 Baptist Street, Redfern, NSW

Son of Martha Margaret Morrissey nee Keenan of 8 Verona Street, Paddington, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 12 July 1918 aboard HMAT Port Darwin disembarking on 26 August 1918

Medal: British War Medal

During 1924c Richard married Maude I. Hoad in Sydney, NSW

In 1928 he was residing at 97 Henrietta Street, Waverley, NSW