Alan Keato
Australian rugby league player and soldier
About Alan Keato
Lived 1920 – 1943 (aged 23). Alan Keato was a military personnel and rugby league player.
Alan Louis Keato (7 September 1920 – 16 December 1943) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the New South Wales Rugby League for Western Suburbs. He died during the Second World War.
Early life and rugby career Keato was born on 7 September 1920 in Kogarah to William and Annie Keato. He played 5 matches for Western Suburbs in 1943, the same club for which his brother Bill had played. Rising to become a lance-bombardier, he died of accidental injuries at Lae during the New Guinea campaign on 16 December 1943. He was buried at Lae War Cemetery.
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Who was Alan Keato?
Australian rugby league player and soldier
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Alan Keato was born on 7 September 1920 in Kogarah.
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Alan Keato died on 16 December 1943.
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Alan Keato was a military personnel and rugby league player.
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