Cyril Patrick KEENAN

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KEENAN, Cyril Patrick

Service Number:	1568
Enlisted:	15 December 1914, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia, 2 May 1891
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 May 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Skew Bridge Cemetery Special Memorial, Row B, Grave 45, Skew Bridge Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Winchelsea WWI Memorial

World War 1 Service

15 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1568, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1568, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1568, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edward Thomas Keenan and Elizabeth Joan Keenan nee Morgan of 8 Reed Street, Albert Park, Victoria; formerly of South Geelong, Victoria. Brother of Francis Richard Keenan and Gwendoline Alice Keenan

Had ex-nuptial child, Francis Landy born 29 August 1911. Mother of child was Gladys Landy of Geelong, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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