Roy KENDALL CBE, MID

KENDALL, Roy

    Service Numbers: VX12703, 336
    Enlisted: 1 January 1918
    Last Rank: Major General
    Last Unit: Headquarters Central Command
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 November 1897
    Home Town: Lorn, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Maitland High School and Royal Military College, Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory
    Occupation: Soldier
    Died: Natural causes, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 22 October 1963, aged 65 years
    Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
    Cremated
    Memorials: Maitland High School Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Jan 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant
    28 Feb 1918: Embarked Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    28 Feb 1918: Involvement Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    12 Dec 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company
    27 Mar 1920: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company, HT Zealandic, England for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 15 May 1920
    17 Jun 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company

    World War 2 Service

    4 Apr 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Brigadier, 336
    4 Apr 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX12703, 1 Corps of Signals, North Brighton, Victoria
    23 Jun 1942: Honoured Mention in Dispatches
    23 Dec 1943: Honoured Commander of the Order of the British Empire, For initiative and outstanding organising ability in New Guinea,
    28 Feb 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX12703

    Non Warlike Service

    28 Feb 1946: Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Australian Signals Corps, Central Signal Training Depot
    1 Nov 1952: Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Major General, Headquarters Central Command

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