AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS McKeown, John Sydney

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

McKeown ​

• FORENAME

John Sydney ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

NX69443 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial,Papua New Guinea Panel 13 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Pierce and Hannah McKeown,Narrabeen North,New South Wales​

brother of George Sinclair McKeown (died with him)​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

lost when Japanese ship Montevideo Maru sunk by USS Sturgeon off Philippines ​