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David Joseph McKEAN

Regimental number6052
Place of birthYarraville, Victoria
SchoolYarraville State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationButer maker
AddressGoulburn Valley, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs A McKean, Merrigum, Victoria
Enlistment date28 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 June 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row I, Grave No. 3), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Fred and mary MCKEAN; husband of Annie MCKEAN, 131 Arnold Street, Carlton North, Victoria. Native of Melbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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