Arthur Vincent KENNY

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Service Number:	1731
Enlisted:	23 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool. NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 1888
Home Town:	Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bookseller
Died:	Died of wounds - gunshot wound to the thigh, At sea on board HS Nevassa, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 4 November 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 64, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

23 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1731, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool. NSW
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1731, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 1731, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
23 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1731, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the back, slight
30 Oct 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1731, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Second occasion. Gunshot wounds to the thigh and feet and invalided to HS Nevassa on 2 November 1915 where died at sea.
4 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1731, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1731 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-11-04

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Son of James William Kenny of 'Montesca', Hensen Street, Summer Hill, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal