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Arthur Edwin KEER

Regimental number3546
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTraveller
AddressMilford, Luccine Street, Mosman, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs A E Keer, Luccine Street, Mosman, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 27 April 1919
Discharge date24 December 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Transferred to 56th Bn, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, 16 February 1916.

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 23 June 1916. Transferred to 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 11 December 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Runic', 27 April 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 10 June 1919; discharged, 24 December 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death19 January 1971
Age at death80

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