Bernard John Keehan

Title

Mr

Public - Mike - Child - 3 February 2022 - Normal address

Forenames

Bernard John AWMM

Surname

Keehan AWMM

Also known as

Mick

Public - Mike - Child - 3 February 2022 - Family knowledge

Service number

WWII 32075 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Catholic

Public - Mike - Child - 3 February 2022 - Known to me

Birth

4 Aug 1918 Births, Deaths and Marriages

Address before enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Beach Road, Kaikoura, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mr Patrick Francis Keehan (father), Beach Road, Kaikoura, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 32075 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW2 Private AWMM 6 Anti-Tank Company Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• Sailed on Nauritania.
  Public - Mike - Child - 3 February 2022 - Family letters from Mick

Capture details

• WW2
  New Zealand Provost Company, Greece AWMM
• WW2 POW - Greece AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM

• 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. AWMM
• Brothers were twins. A third brother, Desmond enlisted later.
  Public - Mike - Child - 3 February 2022 - Family knowledge

Death

18 Jun 1980 Probate

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Roll of Honour. Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 8, 9 July 1941, Page 4
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19410709.2.10&srpos
  Further Reference
• "Retreat from Olympus' Timaru Herald, 16 May 1945
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19450516.2.92
  Further Reference
• Bernard John Keehan - Worth a Thousand Words Features
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/contributions
  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

References

• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 251
• 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.
• Nominal Roll of NZ Escapees and Evaders - 1 New Zealand Interrogation Section Book 1, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 (R25405144)
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.