Ben Ambrey KENYON

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Service Number:	6526
Enlisted:	26 July 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lancashire, England, 1888
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

26 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6526, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6526, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6526, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6526, 7th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right thigh. Invalided to England on 10 October 1917
20 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6526, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District. Unfit for front line service due to weakness is the hand

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Son of Benjamin Kenyon and Elizabeth Ann Kenyon nee Smith of of Bragnose Street, Manchester, England

Husband Margaret Teresa Kenyon nee Walsh of 27 Moor Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Ben and Margaret were married during 1916c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 26 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on the 11 October 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Post war he owned an oil and chemical factory on 75 Arthurton Road, Northcote, which manufacured chemists' sundries