KILLEEN, Francis Patrick John
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 25 July 1880, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street Public School, Private Tutors |
| Occupation: | Advertisement Writer |
| Died: | Influenza, Wycarbah, Qld., 27 June 1923, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales W-19-CE-SL-4075 |
| Memorials: | Canberra Australian War Memorial Officers of the 19th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Orange Officers of the 19th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Mary KILLEEN, 92 Arthur Circle, Forrest, ACT
Suffered a schrapnel wound to the right thigh at Gallipoli on 22 August 1915 which requird amputation at the upper third fo the right thigh.
UNEXPECTED DEATH AT ROCKHAMPTON.
Rockhampton. Friday.
Last week Francis Patrick John Killeen, editor and manager of "The Australian Cotton Farmer," the official organ of the British-Australian Cotton Growers Association, arrived here in order to become more intimately acquainted with conditions in the cotton industry. He had an attack of flu, but evidently recovered and went to Wowan on Saturday. While there, however, he became seriously ill and on Wednesday it was decided to bring him into Rockhampton. A start was made in the Wowan ambulance car, but Mr. Killeen passed away at Wycarbah. The body was sent away on the mail train to Sydney for interment. Deceased was 43 years of age, and leaves a widow and and one child in Sydney.
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