Albert William (Bert) KEOWN

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Service Number:	571
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 18 November 1893
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Architectural student
Died:	Natural Causes, Croydon, Victoria, Australia, 30 August 1964, aged 70 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated: - 2nd September 1964. Burial reference: - Presbyterian. Banksia. Garden 3. Bed 4. Position 48.
Memorials:

21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 571, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 571, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
24 May 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 571, 5th Infantry Battalion, Wounded (gunshot wound to shoulder) in action, 8th May 1915 at Cape Helles during the Battle of Krithia. As a result of this wound Private Keown was discharged on 24th May 1916 as medically unfit.

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