Patrick William Keehan
Born 4 Aug 1918
- Service number
- 19659 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW2 Private AWMM 20 Infantry Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Patrick William AWMM
- Surname
- Keehan AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- 19659 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 4 Aug 1918 AWMM
New Zealand AWMM - Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 04 Jul 1941 AWMM C/o Mr G. Morfell, Howick Road, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mr Patrick Francis Keehan (father), Beach Road, Kaikoura, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 13 Sep 1941 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 19659 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Africa Star AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 04 Jul 1941 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM
General labourer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 13 Sep 1941 AWMM
HMT 31 AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Infantry Brigade AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- WW2
28 Jun 1942 AWMM
20 Battalion AWMM - WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM
Jan 1944 AWMM - WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM
Oct 1944 AWMM - WW2
28 Jun 1942 AWMM - WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM
- WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy AWMM
- WW2
- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 9 inch AWMM - Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
Dark AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Blue AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Black AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
1942 fracture right thigh as a POW AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW2 18 Aug 1945 AWMM
Gd 3 P Discharged M/U AWMM
Private AWMM
20 Infantry Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Margaret Mary Keehan and Patrick Francis Keehan
Two sons, brothers, Patrick William Keehan (19659) and Bernard John Keehan (32075) served in WW2 and both were Prisoners of War.
Entered the service at Burnham Camp, July 1941.
Served in New Zealand for 150 days; total service overseas 4 years 18 days. AWMM
About death
- Death
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- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
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Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Roll of Honour. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 13, 15 July 1942, Page 3
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19420715.2.15&srpos
Further Reference - N.Z.E.F. Casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 56, 3 September 1942, Page II
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19420903.2.17.1&srpos
Further Reference - N.Z.E.F. LIST. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 116, 18 May 1945, Page 4
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19450518.2.18.3&srpos
Further Reference - 'Untitled' Kaikoura Star, 31 January 1944
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/KAIST19440131.2.21
Further Reference - Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
Further Reference - Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
https://zenodo.org/records/4560909
Further Reference - Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210222122055/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-20Ba.html
Further Reference
- Roll of Honour. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 13, 15 July 1942, Page 3
- References
- Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 5: WW2 114 - List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
- Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
- Information kindly provided by family
- Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
- Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
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