KEEN, Gladstone Albert Saunders
| Service Number: | 909 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1917, Originally enlisted on the 4/1/1916, discharged medically unfit 26.7.1916 (chronic bronchitis). |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF) |
| Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 12 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Forest Lodge, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal miner and tram conductor |
| Died: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 12 August 1937, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-145. 81. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 909, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Originally enlisted on the 4/1/1916, discharged medically unfit 26.7.1916 (chronic bronchitis). | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 909, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 909, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 18 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 909, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
87 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 12th August 1937, Private Gladstone Albert Saunders Keen, 53rd Battalion (Reg No-909), coal miner and tram conductor from "Pencharwood", 148 Hereford Street, Forest Lodge, New South Wales and Aberdare Road, Cessnock, N.S.W. and 29 James Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 46. ANGLICAN 2-145. 81.
Born at Wollongong, New South Wales on the 12th January 1891 to Robert, died 11.9.1906, Catherine Hill Bay, N.S.W., age?, and Ellen Ann A Catherine Keen, died 8.6.1935, West Maitland, N.S.W., age?, from Charlton Street, Cessnock, N.S.W and 26 Church Street, West Maitland, N.S.W..; husband of Annie (Nance) Elizabeth Keen nee Horne, married 24.9.1918 at St. Clements Church, Kensington, London, remarried to Malcolm McKenzie 1941, Wickham, N.S.W., Annie died 11.6.1972, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 73, sleeping here. Gladstone enlisted on the 4th January 1916 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Discharged medically unfit 26.7.1916 (chronic bronchitis).
Reenlisted 2.3.1917, (1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion) Sydney, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A74 Marathon on the 10th May 1917.
Admitted to hospital 6.1.1918 (scabies), 18.10.1918 (tumour of tongue).
Wounded in action - 27.6.1918 (GSW right shoulder).
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140987006 - the 418th Australian Casualty list, N.S.W., WOUNDED, Private A. G. S. Keen (Cessnock).
Commenced return to Australia 2.12.1919.
Gladstone arrived home with wife Annie on the 30th January 1920, being discharged on the 18th March 1920.
Mr. Keen’s name has been inscribed on the Cessnock War Memorial.
I have placed poppies at Gladstone’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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