DAY, Kenneth Maitland
| Service Number: | 1399 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, August 1887 |
| Home Town: | Molong, Cabonne, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | All Saints' College, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Molong & District Roll of Honour, Molong Armed Forces Personnel Roll of Honour, Molong War Memorial, Parkes Remembrance Walk |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1399, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement 1399, 13th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked 1399, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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From Battlefield Photography - Tom Bruelemans
Today we remember 2nd Lt Kenneth Day from Molong , Australia who got killed during that black day on October the 12th 1917, 100 years ago, while attacking the German lines in front of Passchendaele. He serserved with the 35th Bn., 9th Brigade , 3rd Division of the Australian Imperial Force. His Battalion objective was the Bleu line but Kenneth Day never reached it. Eye witnesses say he got killed in the morning near Keerselaershoek, not far from their starting positions. The whole area was turned into a landscape of mud and water filled craters and they had to advance with a creeping barrage that was not significant enough en very light. The German troops in front of them were able to fight back and gave much more resistance than aspected. With machine gun fire from Decline copse on the right and from the direction of Heine house and the Bellevue on the left casualties where getting higher and higher within all the attacking battalions of the 9th Brigade. At the end of the attack they were all forced to withdraw to their own lines where they started the attack earlier that day.
2nd Lt Kenneth Day is now buried on Tyne cot cemetery Plot 66 , G , 18.
His grave epitaph mentions that he had a brother who got killed near Flers , France , during the battle of Flers - Courcellete.
Their story will be published in the days to follow on our website www.battlefieldphotography.be.
Lest we forget
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