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William James McKEAN

Regimental number998
Place of birthCorindhap, Victoria
SchoolPort Campbell State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressPt. Campbell, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary McKean, Pt. Campbell, Victoria
Enlistment date19 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, row A, Grave No. 31), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
115
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: WIlliam and Christina MCKEAN; husband of Mary MCKEAN, Errey Street, Camperdown, Victoria. Native of Port Campbell, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2708 Pte John Martin McKEAN, 29th Bn, killed in action, 2 November 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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