Edwin Hurd KERNOT

Badge Number: MS7185, Sub Branch: State
MS7185

KERNOT, Edwin Hurd

Service Number: 529
Enlisted: 15 September 1914, Morphettvale, SA
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Petersburg, SA, 17 October 1895
Home Town: Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Bank Officer / Clerk
Died: 14 May 1969, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Cremation only
Memorials: Adelaide National Australia Bank WW1 Honour Board, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

15 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 529, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Morphettvale, SA
22 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 529, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 529, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Driver, 529, 43rd Infantry Battalion

Edwin Kernot


Name: Edwin Hurd Kernot
Service Number: 529
Place of Birth: Petersburg
Date of Birth: 7 October 1895
Place of Enlistment: Morphettville
Date of Enlistment: 15 September 1914
Age at Enlistment: 19 years 1 month
Marital status: Single
Next of Kin: Father - Thomas Kernot
Occupation: Bank clerk
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Driver 43rd Battalion

Biographical details:
Edwin’s unit embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 22 October 1914. He was with the 3rd Light Horse at the landing at Gallipoli. On 10July 1915 he was treated for diarrhoea, then sent to Malta base on 15 July, where he was admitted to St.Andrew’s Hospital on 3 August with colitis(inflammation of the lining of the colon). He was sent to England on board the Oxfordshire on 18 September for treatment for dysentery at Birmingham on 25 September. He was mentioned in Despatches , Anzac Corps Order 183 on 19 October. Edwin was docked 2 days’ pay on 10 January1916 and again for the same offence on 20 June. For a third such offence on 25 November he forfeited 16 days’ pay. Edwin was admitted to Fargo Hospital with a lacerated leg wound on 14 September 1916 and was able to rejoin his unit on 8 October.
On 22 November he proceeded to France, where he was transferred to Anzac Provost Corps on 9 February 1917. Contracting venereal disease led to hospitalisation in France on 19 August, after having been transferred to the 43rd Battalion the previous day. Edwin was appointed as a Driver on 31 May 1918. He was congratulated on 11 June for having jumped fully- clothed into a canal to rescue two men who had got into difficulty while swimming. On 23 September Edwin returned to Australia on 28 September 1918, on board D23 Runic and assigned to submarine guard duty. He was discharged on 20 January 1919. He had served in Egypt, Gallipoli and the Western Front.
Edwin’s two brothers also served in the 1st AIF: Lt. Roy Kernot was with the 1st Division Engineers and returned to Australia on 23 September 1919; Pte. Jeffrey Kernot served with the 27th Battalion and returned to Australia on 16 October 1916.
Edwin is memorialized on the World War One Honour Roll at the Grand Masonic Lodge in Adelaide(1).
Fruit Block Details:
Edwin occupied Block 652 of 21 acres comprising14.25 irrigable and 0.5 dry acres,on 1 December 1921, which he transferred to D.N.Fisher on 1 September 1926. Fencing of 40.5 chains was constructed in 1921, costing 57 pounds 14 shillings and 3 pence. Channelling,comprising 32.75 chains was erected in 1920 at a cost of 262 pounds. Tanks with a capacity of 10,000 gallons were added, costing 45 pounds in 1920.Vines planted included 2260 doras, 921 sultanas, 462 currants and 672 WH(2).
Other Anecdotal Information:
He was actively involved with the new Soldiers’ Co-operative Scheme of the Irrigation Department in 1921(1). Edwin played cricket for Monash in 1924, was involved with the Anglican Church in Barmera and served as the auditor for the Barmera Football Club(3). On 2 October 1926, Edwin married Mavis Dorothea Chapman at St.Augustine’s Church in Renmark(3). In 1935 he was the accountant of the State Bank in Waikerie, prior to transferring to manage the Barmera branch(4). The Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record of 21 June 1934 stated that on 11 May 1934 Edwin was a witness to the assault of Mr. Victor Armstrong by Stanley Rogers, who was sentenced to a month’s goal at Adelaide. Mavis was also heavily involved with the local community, serving as President of the Barmera Hospital Auxiliary in 1938, and was quartermaster of the Barmera VSD Transport Unit. Edwin was President of Barmera Golf Club in 1940 and served as Acting Flight Commander of the Barmera Air Training Corps(5).
Edwin was cremated at the Centennial Park crematorium on 14 May 1969(6)..
References:
1. National Australian Archives: B2455; Kernot E H; Barcode 7371453
2. Barmera Berri Council, Berri Barmera & Districts Local Heritage Collection.
3. Trove/ The Murray Pioneer & The Australian River Record 11 March 1921.
4. ibid 8 October 1926.
5. ibid 14 March 1935.
6. ibid 29 January 1942.



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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Sono f Thomas John KERNOT and Louisa Emma nee MULLER of Railway Station, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA

Edwin resided at Chancery Lane, Glenelg, SA prior to enlistment.