Participant Info

Surname

Keen

First Name

John

Initial

V

Service Number

2356

Rank

private

Unit Served

31st Battalion

Service Record

Egypt, France, Belgium

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

September 20

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

March 14

Date of Death

1917

Month of Death

November 26

Death Category

KIA

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 121, image page 122

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Elizabeth and Henry Keen

Parental Address

Coree Road, Artarmon

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born at Artarmon, December 5, 1896, educated Artarmon, enlisted September 13, 1915, embarked March 14, 1916. War service: Egypt, France (made the supreme sacrifice at Messines, November 26, 1917.(His enlistment date has been adjusted from his NAA service