Clement KEAN

Regimental number26274
OccupationElectrician
Next of kinMother, Mrs B Wade, George Street, Parnell, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 14 June 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Brenda Gordon Kaveney (formerly Kean), 10 Empire Street, Frankton Junction, Hamilton, and the late John Kean
Family/military connectionsBrother: 10355 Pte John KEAN, 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 8 June 1917
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 12