Virtual War Memorial | Robert Leslie KENNEDY MSM

Robert Leslie KENNEDY MSM Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

KENNEDY, Robert Leslie

Service Numbers:	13, NGX496
Enlisted:	18 August 1914
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit:	New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
Born:	Chewton, Victoria, Australia , 1890
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Joiner
Died:	Killed in Action, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 4 February 1942
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Plot E. Row A. Grave 11.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13, 2nd Field Ambulance
1 Jan 1918:	Honoured Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), Merris (France)
13 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 4th Field Ambulance

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, NGX496, New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
21 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, NGX496

Help us honour Robert Leslie Kennedy's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.