James Francis KNEEN

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Service Number:	60469
Enlisted:	15 May 1918, Enlisted at Newtown, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 4 November 1899
Home Town:	Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tentmaker
Died:	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1925, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 May 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 60469, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Enlisted at Newtown, NSW
4 Sep 1918:	Involvement Private, 60469, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1918:	Embarked Private, 60469, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Bakara, Sydney
14 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From reinforcements
26 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 60469, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of George Kneen and Annie Kneen of Grafton, NSW

Next of kin given as his aunt/guardian Agnes Ware of 275 Stanmore Road, Stanmore, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on the 11 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medal: British War Medal

During 1923c James married Catherine F. Adams in Annandale, NSW