KENNARD, Henry Edwin James
| Service Number: | 3553 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hastings, Sussex England, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Educated at Rye, Sussex England |
| Occupation: | Dairyman [Farm Hand] |
| Died: | Killed in Action, near Pozieres, France, 24 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3553, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3553, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 3553, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3553 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Re:
"Father states on AWM Circular his second name was Edwin not Edward"
-CWGC, AWM and his attestation record show his second forename as Edward.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Father states on AWM Circular his second name was Edwin not Edward
2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, 1st Australian Division. A.I.F.
He was 18 and the son of Mr & Mrs Henry Richard Kennard of 13, West Street, Rye.
Births Jun 1898 Kennard Henry Edwin J. Hastings 2b 21
Emigrated to Australia in 1914.
Resident of Bobbin Flat, New South Wales.
Member of the local Sea Scouts in Sussex.
Enlistment date 17 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 27 October 1915
Age at embarkation 22
19th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/36/2
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 12 December 1915
He is remembered on the Rye War Memorial.
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