Ancestor Details

Acsestor's Name: Edward James Keenan

Ancestor's date of birth: 1860

Ancestor's date of death: 1948

Cause of Death: Unknown

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Detail not provided.

Service Number: 99 and 415

Colony or State of enlistment: WA, Place of Enlistment: Perth

Unit: 3^rd Western Australian Citizens' Bushmen

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.

Murray Page: 411, 428

Contingent: Third and Sixth Western Australian

Ship: Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 13/03/1900

Ship: Ulstermole, Date of Sailing: 10/04/1901

Other Boer War Service: He served as #415 Pte Edward Keenan 6^th Western Australian Mounted Infantry.

Memorial details: Detail not provided.

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Rhodesia, Transvaal and Cape Colony clasps, King's South Africa Medal with SA 1901 and SA 1902 clasps, mention in the CO's dispatches on the 19 November 1900 (MID).

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.

Details of service in war: April 1900 - April 1901 with the 3 WACB in Rhodesia, west Transvaal including skirmish at Koster River (22 July 1900), and under Plumer in northern Transvaal including battle of Rhenoster Kop (29 November 1900), great De Wet hunt, Cape Colony including charge at Wolwekuil (14 February 1901), and advance on Pietersburg. May 1901 - April 1902 with 6 WAMI in east Transvaal including defeat at Brakpan where five dead (16 May 1901).

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia on the transport Columbian on the 17 April 1902. No futher details provided.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: John Went, North Beach WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Nephew

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