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KEAN, John Arthur

Service Number:	NX51446
Enlisted:	27 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 21 September 1914
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

27 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX51446
27 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX51446, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement Private, NX51446, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA
23 Oct 1945:	Discharged Private, NX51446, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
23 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX51446, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX51446, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA El Alamein