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KENNEDY, Martin Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 12629 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Yorketown South Australia, 7 February 1888 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, 1 October 1949, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 18, Site No: 35 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Edithburgh WW2 Roll of Honor, Edithburgh War Memorial, Hamley Bridge District WW1 Roll of Honor, Owen District Roll of Honor WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 12629, 11th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 12629, 11th Field Ambulance, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
Martin Edward KENNEDY
Martin joined the AIF in Adelaide on the 24 Jan 1916, No 12629, Unit A.A.M.C. 11th Field Ambulance, His occupation had been Porter with S.A.R. embarked Sth Aust 31 May 1916, Disembarked Davenport England 21 July 1916. Proceeded to France 21 Nov 1916. Wad hospitalised numerous times with illness, Scabies, Chilblains. Admitted to 27 General Hospital Le Treport France with Gas Poisoning 8 June 1917. Transferred to England 4 July 1917, Weymouth. Returning to Australia per HMAT A29 "Suevic" 27 Dep 1917, Disembarked 18 Nov 1917. Discharged 4th MD Medically Unfit, 3 Jan 1918. Service, 345 days, 172 days Abroad.
Submitted 2 November 2019 by Teresa JACK
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