KENYON, Ben Ambrey
Service Number: | 6526 |
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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 |
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World War 1 Service
26 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6526, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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