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KENNEDY, Robert Charles William
| Service Number: | 12729 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 10 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Upholsterer |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Payneham Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Dec 1915: | Enlisted | |
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| 31 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 12729, 11th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 12729, 11th Field Ambulance, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 12729 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 12729, 11th Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Robert Charles William Kennedy was born on the 10 Dec 1896 at Adelaide, Adelaide City, South Australia. He lived at his hometown with his parents Robert John Kennedy and Mother Ida Kennedy. They resided at 17 Grenfell Street, Kent Town, Norwood with his siblings Vylie and Raymond before the war Robert was an upholsterer.
He was below the average height, standing at 168cm tall while weighing 138lbs.
He enlisted on 23.12.15 to serve in WW1 as a private while serving the 11th Field Ambulance, it was made up of the 41st (Qld) 42nd (Qld) 43rd (SA) and 44th (WA) Battalions. Field Ambulances were however under command of the Division HQ rather than the supported Brigade. His unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 31 May 1916 when he was 19.
He was admitted to the 2/1st Southern General Hospital in Birmingham, England on 3/10/18, as he was suffering synovitis in his left knee.
He was laid to rest at the age of 79 in September 1976 in, Norwood his plot number is Section SE, Path 34. Site 843 and his Memorial ID was 249235714
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