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KEENE, Percy Joseph
(Service number 23/180)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Criterion Hotel, Oamaru
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin George KEENE (father), Smithfield, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship A Company
Date 9 October 1915
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date Age
Place of Death
Cause
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Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Percy Joseph KEENE was the son of George Sydney and Lydia (nee MARSHALL) KEENE. two of his brother also served in WWI - Robert William George and Sydney James.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [09 December 2014]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, NZSG

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TS

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