John Martin KENNEDY

KENNEDY, John Martin

Service Number: NX8709
Enlisted: 16 November 1939, Ingleburn, NSW
Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit: 26 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia, 11 July 1910
Home Town: Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Soldier / Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Bougainville, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 5 June 1945, aged 34 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rabaul Chapel 26th Infantry Battalion Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, NX8709
16 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX8709, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF, Ingleburn, NSW

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of John and Maria Kennedy; husband of Kathleen Cecilia Frances Kennedy, of Stanmore, New South Wales.

ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD