KENYON, Gilbert Lancelot
| Service Number: | 1856 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1916, Enlisted at Moree, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia, 8 October 1931, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Cremated an ashes scattered Commemorated with a plaque in the New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1856, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Moree, NSW | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 1856, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 1856, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion, At Tidsworth, England | |
| 17 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1856, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 25 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1856, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of enlistment he was working at Midkin Station, Moree, NSW
Son of John Frederick Kenyon and Emma Caroline Kenyon nee Kennedy of 'Mundora', Provincial Road, Lindfield, NSW formerly of Narrabri, NSW
Brother of Shirley H.M. Kenyon, Charles Frederick Kenyon, Robert Kennedy Kenyon, Cyril H. Kenyon, Vivian Horsley Kenyon, Douglas Hamilton Kenyon who returned to Australia on 10 March 1918 having served with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade and Claude Septimus Selborne Kenyon who was killed in action on 6 September 1915 while serving with the 4th Battalion. He is buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery Plot 11, Row B, Grave 27
Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on the 10 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1927c Gilbert married Winnie Kathleen Stitt in Griffiths, NSW