Robert Miller KENYON

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Service Numbers:	342, 342, 342A
Enlisted:	1 May 1916, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Sale, Victoria, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Sale, Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 26 February 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

1 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 342, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 342, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 342, 2nd Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
23 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , From 2nd Machine Gun Company. Letter A added to the service number 342
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 342A, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Ribs and Contusions to the back
22 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 342A, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Second occasion. Shell wound to the right arm and thigh. Arm was later amputated at the shoulder
9 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 342A, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to ampuatation

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Son of Richard Kenyon and Margaret Jane Kenyon nee Cobain of Sale, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister M.E. Kenyon of Sale, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 23 March 1919 aboard HT Dongala disembarking on the 16 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal