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KEANE, Arthur Gustof
| Service Number: | 312 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Willunga, South Australia, 25 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 23 May 1970, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Morphett Vale Old Reynella School Roll of Honor, Willunga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 312, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 312, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
| 1 Feb 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Battle of Beersheba, Awarded for gallantry in connection with the Capture of Tel El Saba | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 312 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Cates
Arthur Keane was born at Willunga and enlisted at Morphettville on 21 August 1914. At the time he had been a serving member of 22nd Light Horse for three years. He had four brothers that served Joseph, Frederick Thomas (KIA), Theodore Michael and Wilfred Charles.
Arthur embarked at Adelaide on 22 October 1914 with the 1st Light Horse Regiment and was at Gallipoli from 09 May 1915. He then fought with the Western Frontier Force, ending his service with the 1st Machine Gun Squadron.
Promoted to Lance Corporal on 08 August 1917, Arthur was awarded the "Military Medal" on 01 February 1918 for gallalntry in connection with the capture of El Saba.
He married Elizabeth Somerville in 1923 and died in Mount Gambier on 23 May 1970, aged 76 years.
Exerpt from the book, "A picture of Fortitude" with approval by Willunga Recreational Park.
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