John Thomson KENYON

KENYON, John Thomson

    Service Number: 19540
    Enlisted: 21 May 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Sapper
    Last Unit: 7th Field Company Engineers
    Born: Kilwinning, Scotland, 20 August 1888
    Home Town: Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Blacksmith
    Died: Leukaemia , Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 7 January 1956, aged 67 years
    Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
    Ashes scattered
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    World War 1 Service

    21 May 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 19540, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    31 Oct 1917: Involvement Sapper, 19540, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    31 Oct 1917: Embarked Sapper, 19540, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    18 Jun 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 7th Field Company Engineers, In France
    12 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 19540, 7th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Hugh Kenyon and Jane Montgomery Kenyon of Kilwianing, Scotland

    Husband of Ruby Florence May Kenyon nee Agnew of 'Richmond', Royal Street, Chatswood, NSW. John and Ruby were married during 1915 at Balmain North, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh isembarking on the 20 May 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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