Edwin Lewis KENYON

KENYON, Edwin Lewis

    Service Number: 4826
    Enlisted: 2 September 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
    Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1890
    Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Queensland, Australia, 9 July 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4826, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    7 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4826, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
    7 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4826, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
    9 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Cyclist Company, From the 7th Battalion
    5 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, From the 5th Divisional Cyclist Battalion
    23 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4826, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 5 May 1918
    12 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4826, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to being gassed

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Vasey Kenyon and Alice Jane Kenyon nee Lewis of Grove Estate, Fraser Road, Brisbane, QLD. Brother of James Stanley Kenyon who returned to Australia on 12 June 1919 have served with the 11th Light Trench Mortar

    Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard Mahia disembarked on the 20 July 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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