KENNETT, James Stuart
| Service Number: | 6837 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Furniture manufacturer |
| Died: | 1966, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6837, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 6837, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 6837, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 6 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Kennett one of 6 brothers, all of whom fought in France, three of them gaining their commissions. His younger brother, 2nd Lt. Claude Kennett, also of the 22nd Battalion died of wounds inflicted at Pozieres in August 1916, aged 23. They were the sons of Henry Clifford and Sarah Jane Clifford of Middle Park, Victoria. Their father Henry had died in 1911, long before the war started.
James attended Duntroon College after he enlisted, for several months. He was promoted to Corporal, Sergeant then Lieutenant during early 1918. He was awarded a Military Medal for bravery on 12 May 1918 when he singlehandedly covered the retreat of another officer, who was carrying a wounded man, by standing out in the open and using his rifle to great effect.
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