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George William KEEN

Regimental number3074
Place of birthChatswood, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolChatswood Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationQuarryman
AddressArtarmon, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, H T Keen, Coree Road, Artarmon, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 6 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularReported missing at Mouquet Farm; afterwards reported killed in action.
FateKilled in Action 29 August 1916
Place of death or woundingMouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Age at death24.11
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot XV, Row P, Grave No. 12), Grass Lane, Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
69
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Elizabeth KEEN, Coree Road, Artarmon, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2356 Private John Victor KEEN, 31st Battalion, killed in action, 26 November 1917

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