Joseph Beers KEEN

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KEEN, Joseph Beers

Service Number:	1967
Enlisted:	12 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Arthurton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, 16 September 1893
Home Town:	Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia
Schooling:	Moonta Mines State School, South Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Moonta Soldiers' Aid League Roll of Honour, Moonta All Saint's Anglican Church Memorial Honour Roll, Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta Loyal Hamley Lodge I.O.O.F. Manchester Unity Pictorial Roll of Honour, Moonta Mines Public School Roll of Honour WW1, Moonta War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

12 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
20 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1967, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
20 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1967, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Adelaide

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Biography

BDM (Births Deaths & Marriages) S.A. shows Pte. Joseph Keen's middle name as "Beers."

"MOONTA MINES SOLDIER KILLED.

Private Joseph Beers Keen, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Keen, Moonta Mines, was killed in action on July 21. He joined the A.I.F. on January 11, 1915, and sailed for Egypt on April 19. He went from Egypt to Gallipoli, where he remained until the evacuation and was among the first troops to leave for France. Deceased was splendidly built, being over 6 ft. in height, but never took any acttive part in sports. He was a member of the Moonta Loyal Hamley Lodge, and also a member of Moonta Miners' Association. He was respected by all for his kind and genial disposition. Much sympathy is felt throughout the neighborhood for the family in their trouble." - from the Adelaide Daily Herald 05 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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