KENNETT, Archibald
| Service Number: | 1971 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cronulla, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Glenmore Road School, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 120 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1971, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1971, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1971, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James and Elizabeth Kennett of Croydon Street, Cronulla, NSW formerly of Launceston, Tasmania
Brother of Aubrey Kennett-Golding, ex-R.A.N, wrote saying that his mother told him after the war that the name they had enlisted underi.e. Kennett should be Kennett-Golding but he was never told why the Golding was an addition to the name of Kennett
Private Archie Kennett, for merly of His Majesty's Grenadier Guards, has been reported killed in action. The deceased soldier was 20 years of age and unmarried, and at the time of his enlistment was a motor driver in the employment of Mr. C. Palmer of Randwick. His relatives reside at Cronulla.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the cadets
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