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James Alexander McKEOWN

Regimental number6860
Place of birthSpringhurst Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDraftsman
AddressGapsted PO, Gapsted, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Robert McKeown, Gapsted PO, Gapsted, Victoria
Enlistment date31 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 9), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
94
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Martha Maria MCKEOWN, Boralma, Springhurst, Victoria. Native of Gapsted, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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