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SHARP, Kenneth Warren
| Service Number: | 2708 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, December 1888 |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Auctioneer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Myrtle Bank, South Australia, 20 September 1966 |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Elder Smith & Co Limited WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, North Adelaide Christ Church Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2708, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 21 Sep 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2708, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' |
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| 21 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2708, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide | |
| 18 Apr 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 1st Field Company Engineers | |
| 2 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 2708 |
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Source - Adelaide Rowing Club
2708 Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) Kenneth Warren Sharp, 5th Pioneer Battalion was a 27 year old auctioneer from North Adelaide, South Australia when he enlisted on 20 January 1916 with his older brother Stanley Vernon. He embarked for overseas with the 5th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 21 September 1916 aboard HMAT Commonwealth. After serving with the 6th Field Company Engineers in France, he returned to Australia on 18 August 1919. He was the brother of Sergeant Stanley Vernon Sharp and Malcolm Robert Sharp.
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