KENNETT, Albert Edward
| Service Number: | 1646 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 May 1915, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Leighton, Bedford, England, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Superintendent of Ambulance |
| Died: | Pneumonia, France, 31 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph, Warwick War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1646, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (post WW2), Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland. | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 1646, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 1646, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 31 Dec 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 1646, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1646 awm_unit: No. 1 Australian General Hospital awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-12-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Albert Edward Kennett was born in Leighton, Bedford, England to James Dalton Kennett and Eleanor Bale. He arrived at Rockhampton Queensland on the “Jumna” with his parents and sister Ethel. Two more sisters and three brothers were born after the family arrived, some in Clermont and some later in Warwick Queensland.
By 1905 the family had settled in Warwick on the southern Darling Downs where Albert’s father was an ambulance superintendent.
In June 1914, Albert joined the staff of the Warwick Q.A.T.B as a Probationer and qualified for his St John’s Certificate in November 1914. In April 1915, he was appointed junior bearer. He became Deputy Superintendent and motor driver in February 1913; a position he held at Warwick till appointed to Cairns on the resignation of Superintendent Hogan.
He was only in Cairns a few short months before enlisting in the Australian Army Medical Corps in June 1915 and embarking on the HMAT Orsova.
On his enlistment, he was Superintendent of Ambulance in Cairns. He was 28 years of age, 5 ft 9 ½ inches tall, weighed 137 lbs with a fresh complexion, grey eyes and dark hair. He was Church of England and named his father his next of kin.
He joined the British Expeditionary Force at Alexandria, Egypt in April 1916 before moving on to Marseilles, France. He was admitted to hospital with influenza on 30 August 1916, returned to duty in early September but was readmitted to 1st General Hospital, Rouen, France on 27 December 1916 with pneumonia and died on 31 December 1916. He was buried at the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France.
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