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Edmund Herbert KEAN

Regimental number914
Place of birthHorsham Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGrocer
AddressSea Lake, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinThomas P Kean, Sea Lake, Victoria
Enlistment date31 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: INF21
Promotion date: 1 August 1918

Lieutenant


Unit: INF24
Promotion date: 3 January 1919

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


For conspicuous gallantry in action near Bullecourt in charge of Signallers laying cable to the captured trenches under heavy artillery and machine gun fire.
Recommendation date: 14 May 1917

FateReturned to Australia 22 August 1919
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917

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