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KEEN, Charles Richard John
(Service number 7/1630)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	22/05/1895	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Livery Stables, Temuka
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	W. KEEN (father), Woodbury Road, Geraldine
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	7th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	9 October 1915
Transport	Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	13 August 1960	Age	65 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ashburton Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of William & Elizabeth Jane (nee BECKLEY) KEEN. Educated at Orari Bridge & Woodbury Schools. Married Rita Winifred BROWN in 1926.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [06 January 2014]; NZ BDM (DiA Historical Records) [06 January 2014]; School Admission Records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [06 January 2014]; Ashburton Burial Records [06 January 2014]

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