KENNIFF, Frank Claude
| Service Number: | 936 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 April 1915, Enlisted in Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 12th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Douglas Park, New South Wales, 26 August 1886 |
| Home Town: | Douglas Park, Wollondilly, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney High School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (Broncho Pneumonia), Egypt, 23 August 1918, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Said War Memorial Cemetery Row E, Grave no. 6, Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Port Said, Suez Canal, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted in Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 936, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 936, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 13 Nov 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
| 22 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 936, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Beersheba, Remained on duty | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 936, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 936 awm_unit: 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-08-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frank was born as Francis Claude KENNIFF in 1886 in Douglas Park, Camden, NSW
His parents were Michael Joseph KENNIFF and Teresa O'HARE
He was living in Curra Creek via Wellington before he enlisted in Liverpool on 13th April, 1915 with the 12th Light Horse Regiment - he was with the 3rd reinforcements who embarked from Sydney on HMAT Runic on 9th August, 1915
He started out in the 12th Light Horse Regiment as a Private and then transferred to 1st Light Horse as a Trooper & then back to the 12th Light Horse
He was wounded in action in Beersheba on 31st October, 1917 but remained on duty
Frank died of broncho pneumonia on 23rd August, 1918 at the 14th Australian General Hospital in Port Said - he is buried in Port Said Military Cemetery - his name is memorialised at the Australian War Memorial & the Camden District Roll of Honour
He received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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