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YATES, Kenneth
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5783 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Keilor, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5783, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5783, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5783, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 9 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5783, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to issues with a cartilage in the knee |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Yates and Bessie Yates of Mount Alexand Road, Essendon, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 25 August 1917
Medal: British War Medal
During 1923c Kenneth married Eva Annie Elizabeth Warren in Victoria