TRENORDEN, Kenneth Lawrey
| Service Number: | SX7948 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stirling, South Australia, 1 June 1918 |
| Home Town: | Summertown, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 22 July 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery Plot 16, Row F, Grave 14, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Uraidla War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, SX7948 | |
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| 5 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, SX7948, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 7 Nov 1940: | Embarked Private, SX7948, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMT Stratheden on 7th Nov, 1940 from Adelaide for the Middle East | |
| 22 Feb 1942: | Promoted Corporal, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Jul 1942: | Promoted Lance Sergeant, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Kenneth Lawrey TRENORDEN was born on 1st June, 1918 in Stirling, South Australia to Charles William TRENORDEN and Elizabeth Jessie OLIVER
His brother Oliver William TRENORDEN (NX42295) also served in WW2 and another brother Mervyn Charles TRENORDEN served as a Chaplain in the Royal Australian Air Force
Kenneth was Killed in Action on 22nd July, 1942 in Egypt and is buried in El Alamein War Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Summertown Roll of Honour in South Australia
He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and the Australian Service Medal (ASM)
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