Selborne Charles KENNON

KENNON, Selborne Charles

Service Number: 42
Enlisted: 22 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 3rd Motor Transport Company
Born: Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Victoria, Australia, 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Cremation service held on the 29 December 1949 and interred in the Tristania area, Wall 2BB, Niche 825 and held in perpetuity for all time
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World War 1 Service

22 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 42, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
6 Jun 1916: Involvement Lance Corporal, 42, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916: Embarked Lance Corporal, 42, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
10 Jun 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Motor Transport Company, From 3rd Pioneer Battalion
24 Sep 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Motor Transport Company
27 Nov 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, AIF Headquarters, From the 3rd Motor Transport Company
11 Apr 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Motor Transport Company, From AIF Headquarters
25 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 42, 3rd Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Squire Kennon and Elizabeth Kennon nee Harvie of 383 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 27 April 1919 aboard HT Runic disembarking on the 10 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Selborne married Mavis Kathleen Boord in Victoria