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KEENAN, Oscar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2729 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bingara, New South Wales, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Bingara, New England, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | 25 September 1957, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2729, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2729, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2729, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From the 1st Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1917: | Imprisoned Taken prisoner at Fleurbaix while wounded. Interned in Dulmen, Germany | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 2729, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2729, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph Keenan and Kate Keenan of the Bingara Hotel, of Bingara, NSW. Brother of James Aloysius Keenan who returned to Australia during 1916 having served with the 20th Battalion
Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on the 26 April 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Olive Leonora Keenan of 2A Marion Place, Prosepct, SA.