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KENNEDY, Alexander Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3371 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1974, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3371, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3371, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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PRIVATE ALEXANDER JOSEPH KENNEDY 3371
1st Battalion AIF
Private Alexander Kennedy enlisted in the AIF at the age of 18 in July 1915 and joined the 1st Battalion in February 1916.
Alexander suffered from shell shock during the Battle for Pozieres in July 1916 and in April 1917 received severe gunshot wounds to his left leg, fracturing his fibula and tibia. His war over, he was returned to Australia in late 1917, discharging in March 1918 as medically unfit. Alexander Kennedy died in Sydney in 1974.