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KENYON, Alexander Richmond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2340 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1916, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rous, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 28 August 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Rous Public School Old Time Pupils Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2340, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2340, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2340, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2340, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell wound to the face | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2340, 41st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the face causing the loss of his right eye and fracturing the skull. Invalided to England on 1 May 1918 | |
| 16 Mar 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Sir D. Haig's depatches on 16 March 1919. London Gazette on 11 July 1919, page 8832, position 25 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 October 1919, page 1653, position 51 | |
| 25 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2340, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Kenyon and Rhonda Julia Kenyon nee Fowler of Rous, Richmond River, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 5 January 1919 aboard HT Kanowna disembarking on 7 March 1919
On 7 April 1920 Alexander married Elizabeth Belson in QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal