Walter Joseph KEEGAN

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Service Number:	VX68905
Enlisted:	29 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 2 April 1922
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Footscray Technical School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Small Goods Assistant
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 16 April 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot TT. Row D. Grave 3. Personal Inscription ~ "EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX68905
29 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX68905, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion

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