KENNARD, Vincent Arthur
Service Number: | 6283 |
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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 |
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)