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KEANE, Walter John

Service Number:	19449
Enlisted:	30 October 1929, Place of enlistment is unknown
Last Rank:	Chief Petty Officer
Last Unit:	HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 31 August 1909
Home Town:	Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, HMAS Sydney 11, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 58, Column 1 No known grave Roll of Honour - Coburg, Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Crib Point Ordnance Staff Memorial St Mark Protestant Chapel, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial

World War 2 Service

30 Oct 1929:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, 19449, Place of enlistment is unknown
30 Oct 1929:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, 19449
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 19449, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
27 Dec 1940:	Honoured Distinguished Service Medal, Appeared in the London Gazette page 7279 at position 4

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John and Eliza Keane; husband of Mona Frances Keane of Preston, Victoria