James KINNANE

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Service Number:	1965
Enlisted:	15 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1965, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1965, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1965, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From the 8th Battalion
17 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
26 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
30 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
13 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1965, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
30 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1965, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Second occasion. Gassed
21 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1965, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Third occasion. Wounds to the back and knee
27 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1965, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of James Kinnane and Catherine Kinnane nee Williamson of Melbourne, Victoria

Next of kin given as his aunt Matilda Kinnane of Kipling Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 9 March 1919 aboaard HT Kashmir disembarking on the 30 April 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal