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KEANE, John James

Service Number:	2865
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Seymour, Mitchell, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Shell wounds - abdomen and skull, 96th Field Ambulance RAMC, near Dickebusch, Belgium, 30 July 1917
Cemetery:	The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 14
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beechworth War Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 2865, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 2865, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli
23 Nov 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 2865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Wounded shrapnel wound necessitating evacuation to Egypt admitted Helipololis Hospital RTU 10 December 1915
11 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 2865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Re-mustered as a driver
30 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 2865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, Died of wounds - 2nd time wounded 30 Jul 17- shrapnel wounds to abdomen chest and skull :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2865 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-07-30
30 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, Near Dickebusch, Belgium at about 8.00 pm a bomb exploded in the lines of the Brigade, killing 3 other ranks, mortally wounding one other (Pte J.J. Keane) and wounding 7 others who were taken to hospital.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Michael and Mary Keane, of High St., Seymour, Victoria, Australia.

REST IN PEACE