Charles Harold KEEN

KEEN, Charles Harold

    Service Number: 3252
    Enlisted: 23 August 1916
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia, November 1886
    Home Town: Smithton, Circular Head, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Policeman
    Memorials:
    Show Relationships

    World War 1 Service

    23 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3252, 40th Infantry Battalion
    14 Jun 1917: Embarked Private, 3252, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
    14 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 3252, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    16 Feb 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion
    13 Apr 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 40th Infantry Battalion
    9 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3252, 40th Infantry Battalion, SW back
    6 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3252, 40th Infantry Battalion, Hon CSM

    Help us honour Charles Harold Keen's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

    Biography contributed by Evan Evans

    From ‎Stephen Keen,
    Devonport (Tasmania) and Surrounds - A Pictorial History


    Sgt Charles Harold Keen, born in Ringarooma in 1886 then spent about the next 20 years in Latrobe. Was shot in the back in WW1 though still enlisted for WW2. Charles became a police officer working in Devonport and Zeehan. He later becomes a stipendiary steward for Tasmanian Racing Club.

    Showing 4 of 4 images.
    Click images to start slideshow.

    Links and Documents