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KENNAN, Augustus
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5635 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1869 |
| Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5635, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5635, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5635, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 9 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, From 22nd Battalion | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5635, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Rheumatism |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick Kennan and Catherine Kennan nee Denahy of South Melbourne, Victoria
Husband of Rosalie Kennan nee Prevost of 62 Chetwynd Street, North Melbourne, Victoria. Augustus and Rosalie were married in 1897c in Victoria. Father of Gladys Kennan, Rosalie Augusta Kennan, Dorothy Kathleen Margaret Kennan, Harold Francis Kennan, Eric Vincent Augustus Kennan, Valerie Kennan and George Lucien Prevost Kennan
Commenced return to Australia 23 May 1917 aboard HT Ayrshire disembarking on the 17 July 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal