condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Jack Oliver Noel McKeown

-
Lay a poppy
Portrait, wearing beret, studio photograph seated in chair - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, wearing beret, studio photograph seated in chair - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jack Oliver Noel AWMM
  • Surname
    McKeown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    48719 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    8 June 1920 AWMM Kawakawa, Bay of Islands AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 10 December 1940 AWMM Hospital Road, Kawakawa, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Kathleen McKeown (wife), C/o Paine, Brothers, Kaikohe, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 31 March 1944 AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 1 child AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • North Africa AWMM
    • Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    48719 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
    Tank mechanic AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 10 December 1940 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 7.5 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Cancer AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Married with one daughter at enlistment AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    10 June 2001 AWMM
    Age 81 AWMM
    Mount Roskill, Auckland City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Jack Oliver Noel McKeown by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Jack Oliver Noel McKeown

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: 78 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.