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'{{Infobox military person | name = Robert Angus Keane | image = ColonelR.A.Keane.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1914|05|14}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1977|08|16|1914|05|14}} | birth_place = [[Fort William, Ontario]] | death_place = [[Thunder Bay, Ontario]] | nickname = "Bob Keane" | allegiance = {{flag|Canada|1957}} | branch = [[Canadian Army]] | serviceyears = 1930-1965 | rank = [[Colonel (Canada)|Colonel]] | unit = {{plainlist| * [[4 Field Ambulance (Canada)|4 Field Ambulance]] * [[The Lake Superior Regiment]] }} | commands = {{plainlist| * [[The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)]] * 2nd Battalion, [[The Royal Canadian Regiment]] }} | battles = [[Second World War]]<br/> * [[Normandy Campaign]] [[Korean War]] | awards = {{plainlist| * [[Distinguished Service Order]] * [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] * [[1939–1945 Star]] * [[France and Germany Star]] * [[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defence Medal]] * [[Canadian Volunteer Service Medal]] * [[War Medal 1939–1945]] with [[Mentioned in dispatches|MiD]] * [[Korea Medal]] * [[United Nations Korea Medal]] * [[Canadian Efficiency Decoration]] * [[Canadian Forces Decoration]] }} }} [[Colonel]] '''Robert Angus Keane''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|DSO|OBE|ED|CD|size=100%}} (14 May 1914 – 16 August 1977) was a Canadian military officer and commander who served with the [[Canadian Army]] in both [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. First enlisting at age 15 in the [[Canadian Militia]], Keane was commissioned in 1935 as a Lieutenant with [[The Lake Superior Regiment]]. Already a captain and the LSR's Adjutant at the start of the Second World War, Keane would be mobilized for active service along with the rest of regiment. Promoted to Major and serving as the LSR's second in command when the regiment was sent to Normandy after [[D-Day]], Keane would later be promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and would command The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) from August 1944 until the end of the war in May 1945. Joining the Regular Force of the Canadian Army after the war, Keane served with the Directorate of Military Operations and Plans at army headquarters in Ottawa. When the Korean War broke out, he was personally chosen to command the newly formed 2nd Battalion, [[The Royal Canadian Regiment]] for service with the [[25th Canadian Infantry Brigade]] in Korea. After commanding 2RCR in Korea, Keane returned to Canada and promoted to the rank of Colonel, serving in various senior capacities until retiring from the army in 1965. Keane died from cancer in Thunder Bay in 1977 at age 63.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Assistant |first=Collections |date=2020-06-09 |title=The Distinguished Service of Colonel Robert Keane |url=https://thunderbaymuseum.wixsite.com/behindtheseams/post/the-distinguished-service-of-colonel-robert-keane |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Behind the Seams |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=KeaneRA |url=http://www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com/KeaneRA.htm |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="From moribund to mobilized" : The Lake Superior Regiment, 1920-1940 |url=https://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/bitstream/handle/2453/3125/EllardJ1999m-1b.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |website=Lakehead University Knowledge Commons}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Canadian Army Honour and Awards in WWII |url=https://www.blatherwick.net/documents/Canadian%20Army%20Awards%20WWII/13%20-%20Canadian%20Army%20Honours%20and%20Awards%20in%20WWII.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bercuson |first=David J. |title=Blood On The Hills: The Canadian Army In The Korean War |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=1999 |isbn=0-8020-0980-8 |location=Toronto Buffalo London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Honours to Canadian Army Awards for Korea |url=https://www.blatherwick.net/documents/Korean%20War%20Honours%20to%20Canadians/Honours%20to%20Canadian%20Army%20Awards%20for%20Korea.pdf}}</ref> == References == * Bercuson, David J, ''Blood On The Hills: The Canadian Army In The Korean War'', Toronto Buffalo London, University of Toronto Press, 1999 <references /> [[Category:1914 births]] [[Category:1977 deaths]] [[Category:People from Thunder Bay]] [[Category:The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment]] [[Category:Canadian Army personnel of World War II]] [[Category:The Royal Canadian Regiment officers]] [[Category:Canadian military personnel of the Korean War]] [[Category:Canadian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]] [[Category:Canadian Army officers]] [[Category:Canadian Militia officers]]'