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KENNA, James Martin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2514 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Coonabarabran, Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonabarabran War Memorial Clock Tower, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2514, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2514, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2514, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He enlisted and served as John Kenna
He was 26 and the son of John and Rebecca Racheal [Racheal?] Kenna, of Coonabarabran, New South Wales. He was known by his nickname Jim, and sometimes as Martin, his middle name.
His brother, also with the 18th Battalion, died at sea on Hospital Ship Devanha, of wounds sustained in the Dardanelles on 3rd September 1915. He was Private John Charles Kenna, Service Number 254-interred Pieta Military Cemetery Malta.