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KEEN, Enoch James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 377 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leamington, Warwickshire, England, March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Shrubland Street Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Grave:I. L. 81. INSCRIPTION - IN MEMORY OF THE BELOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. KEEN LEAMINGTON SPA |
| Memorials: | Aldgate War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 377, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 377, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 377, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 377 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 22 and the son of Enoch and Henrietta Keen, of 80, Tackbrook St., Leamington Spa, England.
31st (Queensland, Victoria) Battalion, Australian Infantry.
[Births Mar 1894 {Leamington} Keen Enoch James Warwick 6d 621]
He is remembered in his native villagee on the Leamington Spa St John the Baptist memorial which is in the form of a screen inscribed with the names inside the church.
In Grateful Memory to those who gave their lives from the Parish of St. John the Baptist Leamington Priors in The Great War 1914 - 1918
THEIR NAMES LIVETH EVERMORE
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