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KEEN, Frank
| Service Number: | 2331 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Lobethal, South Australia, 19 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Meadows, South Australia, 27 January 1959, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Meadows General Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board, Woodside R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 2331, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 16 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2331, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2331, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Botanist, Adelaide | |
| 25 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 2331, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani, Sick to Hospital - Pyrexia | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 2331, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani, Returned to Unit - Moascar | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 2331, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani, Gun Shot Wound, GSW, to right hand, at ABU Sitta | |
| 9 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 2331, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani, Medical Board, GSW Rt Hand and Wrist Useless, to be returned to Australia | |
| 27 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2331, 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
Frank Keen
Name: Frank Keen
Service Number: 2331
Place of Birth: Lobethal
Date of Birth: 19 April 1895
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 19 December 1915
Age at Enlistment: 21 years 8 months
Next of Kin: Mother, Susan Keen
Occupation: Labourer
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private
Frank joined the 3rd Light Horse 2nd Depot Battalion and was sent to Egypt with his unit. He was admitted to the 31st General Hospital at Romani with pyrexia on 25 June 1916 and was discharged to Port Said Base Depot on July 11 1916. Frank suffered a gunshot wound to his right hand at Abu Sitta in Egypt on 19 April 1917. A Medical Officer assessed the wound as “wrist useless” on 5 September, resulting in Frank being transferred to a rest camp at Abbassia prior to embarking on the Wiltshire for Australia on 12 November 1917. He was discharged as medically unfit on 27 February 1918 due to the hand injury and settled at Meadows after the war.
Submitted 23 October 2023 by christopher collins
Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
Married to Anna Gunilda and they had a son Malcolm.