Kenneth WARLAND

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Service Numbers:	5427 , 5427
Enlisted:	16 March 1916, Kenneth enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) during the First World War and was sent overseas on 9 March 1916 with the 17th Battalion to Gallipoli. At Gallipoli, Kenneth is credited with taking out a Turkish machine gun post. He was then sent to France, where he was killed in action on 31 August 1918. Kenneth is buried at the Peronne Communal Cemetery (source: Extracts from War Graves of the British Empire, 1914 - 1918 War, France, Vol 20, CEM 440 - 513).
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Semaphore, South Australia, 26 December 1893
Home Town:	Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Pulteney St Public School, Adelaide, South Australia; Le Fevre's Peninsula Public School; Pulteney St Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 23, Row A. Grave Reference: III. A. 25. C, Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

16 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5427 , 17th Infantry Battalion, Kenneth enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) during the First World War and was sent overseas on 9 March 1916 with the 17th Battalion to Gallipoli. At Gallipoli, Kenneth is credited with taking out a Turkish machine gun post. He was then sent to France, where he was killed in action on 31 August 1918. Kenneth is buried at the Peronne Communal Cemetery (source: Extracts from War Graves of the British Empire, 1914 - 1918 War, France, Vol 20, CEM 440 - 513).
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5427, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5427, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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