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KEEN, John Davies
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX9688 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Kent Town, South Australia, 26 March 1918 |
| Home Town: | Joslin, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 20 February 1994, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Scots Church WW II Honour Board, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, North Adelaide St Peters Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour WW2, South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 26 Jul 1940: | Involvement Lance Corporal, SX9688, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 26 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX9688 | |
| 16 Jan 1946: | Discharged | |
| 16 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX9688 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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John D. "Johnny" Keen of 84 Fifth Avenue, Joslin, Adelaide, South Australia, an Australian prisoner of war on the Burma-Thailand railway.
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