Cyril Patrick KEENAN

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
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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