Arthur (Jimmy) KERNAGHAN MM

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Service Number:	2720
Enlisted:	2 September 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	7th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February 1895
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Neutral Bay Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Mechanical Engineer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 1 September 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Suzanne Military Cemetery No.3

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2 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
22 Dec 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 2720, 7th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 2720, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
8 Nov 1916:	Honoured Military Medal
5 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Field Company Engineers
31 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, "The Last Hundred Days", abdomen by artillery fire near Feuillères, Somme and evacuated to the 10th Australian Field Ambulance, located near Suzanne, Somme, where he died the next day
1 Sep 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 7th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 7th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-09-01

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