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KENNEDY, Malcolm Wallace
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 596 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 15 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mosman Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Ironmonger |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kirribilli Sydney Flying Squadron & Sydney Sailing Club Honor Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mosman St Kirk Presbyterian Church Honour Board |
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World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 596, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 596, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 596, ANZAC / Gallipoli, right arm, returned to duty the same day after treatment | |
| 24 Oct 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement 596, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 596 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
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