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KENYON, Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1987 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 December 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Clitheroe, England, 1892 |
| Home Town: | North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyhand |
| Died: | Mount Hawthorne, Western Australia, 28 September 1982, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Interred in the Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden 8B, Site 0090. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1987, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Prior to embarking | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1987, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1987, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 8 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 1987, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Wounds to the head and leg. Invalided to England from Rouen on 14 December 1916 | |
| 17 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
| 29 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1987, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the left knee and face. Invalided to England on 9 May 1918. Had been reverted to the rank of Private after returning from a training battalion | |
| 17 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1987, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Kenyon of 'Linacre', 185 North Beach Road, Mount Hawthorne, WA
Husband of Florence Kenyon nee Holmes of 47 Balmore Street, Highgate, London, England. Richard and Florence were married at the Paneas Registry Office, London, England on the 18 April 1918
Returned to Australia on 6 November 1918 aboard HT Arawa
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal