Douglas Hamilton KENYON

KENYON, Douglas Hamilton

Service Numbers: 279 , 279
Enlisted: 30 September 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town: Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Overseer
Died: New South Wales, Australia , 24 October 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
East Terrace 3, Wall 4
Memorials: Bourke & District War Memorial, Narrabri District School WW1 Honour Roll and Drinking Fountain
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World War 1 Service

30 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 279 , 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
21 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 279, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 279, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
27 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , From 6th Light Horse Regiment. Promoted to gunner when taken on strength
27 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , From the 15th Field Artillery Brigade
9 Feb 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From the 6th Field Artillery Brigade
29 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 279 , 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed. Invalided to England on 7 November 1917
13 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 279 , 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was Lang Street, Mosman, NSW

Son of John Frederick Kenyon and Emma Caroline  Kenyon of 'Nundaroo', Provincial Road, Lingfield, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 10 March 1918 aboard SS Durham Castle suffering from gas poisoning

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Douglas married Amy M.H. Kennedy in Sydney, NSW