Topic: AIF - 1B - 1 LHR
1st LHR, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
Austin Keane
Austin Keane
Service number: 877
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 1 Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: KEANE, Tpr. Austin, 877. 1st Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 4th Aug., 1916. Age 29. Son of Marian and the late Austin Keane, of 13, Cove St., Balmain, New South Wales. Native of Sutherland, New South Wales. B. 59.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Austin Keane from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 877 |
| Place of birth | Sutherland, New South Wales |
| School | Hurstville Public School, Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | Bushman |
| Address | c/o Miss I Newman, Coonabarabran PO, Coonabarabran, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 27 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M Keane, 35 1/2 Rowntree Street, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | 28 December 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 17 March 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action 4 August 1919 |
| Place of death or wounding | Romani, Sinai, Egypt |
| Age at death | 29 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 59), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 2 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Austin and Marian KEANE, 13 Cove Street, Balmain, New South Wales. Native of Sutherland, New South Wales |
Lest We Forget
Additional Reading:
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1919
Citation: 1st LHR, Roll of Honour, Austin Keane
