KENNEY, Arthur Ralph
| Service Number: | 3158 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Kilda State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Station Manager |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3158, Depot Battalion | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3158, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3158, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3158, 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3158 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Sergeant Arthur Ralph Kenney was posted missing, 19 July 1916, age 22. On 23 April 1917, he was ruled by the Assistant Adjutant General to be 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916' on the basis of a statement made by Private J. Gray on during March 1917. Note on B.103, 'buried in vicinity of Fleurbaix'
Statement, 3113 Pte J. Gray, B Company, 58th Bn: 'He was in charge of my platoon. I saw him killed by machine gun fire at Fromelles instantaneously. We were attacking and had just cleared the top of our trenches when he was hit. We had to retire.'
In another statement by 3734 Pte W.A. Forster, 58th Bn 'He belonged to VIII Pl. B. Co. and was killed at Fleurbaix on July 19th. Pte. F. Paine, VIII Pl. B. Co. and Sgt. Major Stubbs, B. Co. saw his body lying on the German barbed wire. I left there in a wounded condition and do not know anything as to the burial of the body.'
His brother 3353 Pte William Harold Kenney, 6th Field Ambulance, died of wounds at Gallipoli 10 October 1915, aged 21.
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