KEENAN, Percy Francis
Service Number: | 427 |
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Enlisted: | 27 October 1914, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Albany, Western Australia, 1883 |
Home Town: | North Dandalup, Murray, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Timber Worker |
Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 20 October 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Section ZO, Grave 406. Internment number K0039473 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
27 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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17 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 427, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: '' | |
17 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 427, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle | |
29 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 427, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the foot | |
2 Oct 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 427, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to Otitis and deafness |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Francis Keenan of Walkers Hill, North Dandalup, WA
Commenced return to Australia on 17 July 1916 aboard HT Seeang Choon arrived at Melbourne on 11 August 1916 for onward travel to Perth
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1918c Percy married Ettie V. Catchpole in Murray district, WA
At the time of his death he was residing in the suburb of Chidlows, WA