Vincent Arthur KENNARD

KENNARD, Vincent Arthur

Service Number: 6283
Enlisted: 6 April 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Pretoria, South Africa, 1894
Home Town: Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 September 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Pingelly Memorial Rotunda
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World War 1 Service

6 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6283, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
13 Oct 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6283, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6283, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle
16 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion
30 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6283, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6283 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-30

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Vincent Johnson Kennard of Yangin Valley, East Pengilly, near Albany, WA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

"...6283 Private Vincent Arthur Kennard, 16th Battalion. A farmer from Albany, Western Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked from Fremantle on 13 October 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk, for Plymouth, England. After training in England he proceeded to France and was transferred to the 32nd Battalion on 16 March 1917 and joined his new unit on the Western Front near Grevillers, France. Pte Kennard was killed in action near Ypres, Belgium, on 30 September 1917. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Ypres, Menin Gate Memorial. He was aged 24 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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