KENNEDY, John Valintine
| Service Number: | WX25937 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Broome, Western Australia, 14 February 1922 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 31 January 1974, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia MCB-222457-F7F5V9 KC00044445 KARRAKATTA CEMETERY Cremation |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX25937 | |
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| 19 May 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX25937 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Gunner John Valintine Kennedy (Service No:WX25937) served in the Army from 22 July 1942 to 19 May 1944. Gunner Kennedy was attached to 109th Anti Tank Regiment RAA at Discharge.
The youngest of seven children, Jack was born in 1922 in Broome WA to Herbert (Bert) Thomas Kennedy (b1883 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Isobel (Nita) Margaret Millar (b1887 in Fremantle, WA). Bert (a Shipping Clerk) and Nita married in 1911 in Broome, WA where they settled and raised their family and Bert worked as a Pearler, Shipping Clerk and Shipping Agent. Nita died in 1926.
Jack was in Perth, WA in 1942 when he enlisted in the Army and following his Discharge, returned to Broome where he worked as a Storeman and was frequently a patient in Broome Hospital. In the 1960s Jack moved to Dalkeith in Perth, WA where he was a Pensioner and patient in the Sunset Hospital. Jack died in 1974.