Peter Thomas KEENAN

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Service Number:	1711
Enlisted:	20 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 20 December 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales Interred on the 30 December 1963. Roman Catholic Block FM, Row K Grave 29
Memorials:

20 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1711, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1711, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1711, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
13 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion
27 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1711, 18th Infantry Battalion, Accidentally wounded while bombing
16 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1711, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Peter Keenan and Dinah Keenan of 25 Albert Street, Redfern, NSW

Commenced return to Australia 21 July 1917 aboard HMAT Euripides disembarking on the 19 September 1917

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1918c Peter married Irene D. Compton in Redfern, NSW