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KEENE, Sydney James
(Service number 6/2677)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	12/09/1892	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Care of Mrs Braid, Church Street West, Timaru
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs L. KEENE (mother), Smithfield, near Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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
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Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	Age	61 years
Place of Death
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Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sydney James KEENE was one of three sons of George Sydney and Lydia (nee MARSHALL) KEENE who served in WWI.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [09 December 2014]

External Links

Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, NZSG

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