The Western Mail on the 12th May wrote: "William Keen, a son of the late senior sergeant of police at Toowoomba, Queensland, fell a victim to the same dreaded scourge. The deceased's last moments were brightened by the presence of an elder brother, who was unremitting in his attentions to the stricken man during his illness, which lasted for six weeks. Both brothers had passed unscathed through a residence of some duration in the fever and ague laden districts of Northern Queensland, and they left there on New Year's Day to try their luck on this field, with the result that William met an early fate."
The deceased's parents were married in Queensland in 1866, Registration Number 1866/B/1612. The marriage delivered nine children, of which William was the fifth and one of 4 boys and 5 girls.
