KENNEDY, Even Thomas
| Service Number: | 3062 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Osborne Park, Stirling, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Tubercle of Lung, Tidworth Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 7 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Tidworth Military Cemetery, England Tidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 313), North Tidworth, Wiltshire, Tidworth Military Cemetery, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverell Kurrajong Parade Avenue of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 30 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3062, 3rd Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3062, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3062, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 7th August......Private Even Thomas Kennedy was born at Inverell, New South Wales. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 30th May, 1916 as a 21 year old Fireman from Gondonge, Osborne, Western Australia.
Private Kennedy was admitted to Hospital while in Camp in Australia with Measles from 24th August, 1916.
Private Kennedy embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Persic (A34) on 29th December, 1916 with the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, 6th Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 3rd March, 1917. He was posted to Pioneer Training Battalion at Larkhill, Wiltshire from Australia on 5th March, 1917.
Private Kennedy was admitted to Parkhouse Military Hospital, Wiltshire on 21st April, 1917 with Mumps. He was discharged on 9th May, 1917.
Private Kennedy was admitted to Brigade Hospital at Perham Downs, Wiltshire on 4th July, 1917 with Bronchitis then transferred to Tidworth Military Hospital, Wiltshire on 6th July, 1917 with Tubercle of Lung.
Private Even Thomas Kennedy died at 5.20 pm on 7th August, 1917 at Military Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England from Tubercle of Lung. (Statement of Service form recorded cause of death as Pulmonary Tuberculosis.) He was buried in Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 172 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
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