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KEEN, Alfred William
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 555, 555A |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydenham, Kent, Englad, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 555, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 555, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 555, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 555A, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 555A awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Peter's Woodlands Grammar School
Alfred William Keen was born in Kent England and grew up in England. His first ever job was a painter and then after a while he moved to Port Adelaide and for the rest of his life he lived there. Once he went to war he was killed in action in Belgium on the 20th of September 1917. He died in World War One.
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