Wimmera James KENYON

Wimmera James KENYON Update Details

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Service Number:	6033
Enlisted:	19 April 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dimboola, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Dimboola, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Dimboola Memorial High School WWI Honour Roll, Freshwater Creek Roll of Honor

19 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6033, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 6033, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 6033, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
23 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, In England. From the 5th Battalion
25 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6033, 37th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right leg
22 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6033, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as wounded

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Son of Thomas Hoyle Kenyon and Mary Ann Kenyon nee Moulder of Dimboola, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1917 aboard HT Port Lyttleton

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c Wimmera married Mary Ann Bell in Victoria