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Thomas Herbert Keane

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Roll of Honour, Ranfurly Veterans' Home, detail, 7th Contingent - Irregular Forces, (photo J. Halpin September 2011) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Roll of Honour, Ranfurly Veterans' Home, detail, 7th Contingent - Irregular Forces, (photo J. Halpin …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Herbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Keane AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Herbert N. AWMM
  • Service number
    South African 2459 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1872 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Elizabeth Keane (mother), St Georges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 November 1900 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    South African 2459 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    South Africa 17 January 1900 AWMM Cape Town, Republic of South Africa AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of sickness AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Elizabeth and Henry Keane. Brother of Hilda.

    Brothers Thomas and Norman paid their own passage to South Africa to enlist.

    The newspaper report, Aucklanders in Lord Roberts' Light Horse, describes the brothers enlistment circumstances as [they] "certainly could not have passed the tests here, as they were under the height mentioned in the conditions, and were only fair horsemen.

    Correspondence in the military files note he fell ill on the march to Koodrosrand Drift and was invalided back to Kimberley where he died. Since that time no trace of him could be found.

    Two sons, brothers served in South Africa with the Imperial Forces in Roberts' Horse: Thomas Herbert Keane (2439) died of sickness and Norman Mitchell Keane (2464).

    Named in military papers as Herbert N. Keane. BDM registration as Thomas Herbert Keane. Service number incorrectly transcribed as 2459 on cover of NZ military file; corrected to 2439 in the correspondence inside (Septrember 2011). The Military personnel file for Herbert N. Keane contains correspondence concerning the military service of both brothers - Thomas Herbert Keane (2459) and Norman Mitchell (2464). AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    6 March 1900 AWMM
    Paardeberg, Orange Free State AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, South African War Memorial 1899 - 1902 AWMM

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