KENYON, Thomas Richard
| Service Number: | 2 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Preston, Lancashire, England, 19 August 1876 |
| Home Town: | Kooringa, Burra, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Prospect, South Australia, 11 June 1946, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Burra District WW1 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement 2, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked 2, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of E. Kenyon of Queen Street, Kooringa, SA
Returned to Australia on 16 May 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On the 16 August 1916 Thomas was recommended for the Egyptian Order of the Nile, Fourth Class which was gazetted in the London Gazette on 26 November 1919, page 14636, position 2; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 February 1920, page 190, position 5
KENYON. —On June 11. at Prospect Thomas Richard Kenyon, late 3rd Light Horse, beloved husband of Edith H Kenyan. 1 Camroc avenue Prospect, and loving father ol Reginald. Muriel. Gilbert and Leonard. Aged 71 years. - The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved January 23, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35699198