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KENNON, Selborne Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 42 |
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| 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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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 42, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 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, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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