Michael James KINNANE

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Service Number:	829
Enlisted:	24 December 1915, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Greenmount, Queensland, Australia, 1875
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 June 1917
Cemetery:	Messines Ridge British Cemetery Plot 1, Row C, Grave 6, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium, Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Greymare & District Honor Roll, Harrisville Memorial Gates

24 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 829, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
22 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From the 42nd Battalion
31 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 36th Infantry Battalion, From the 35th Battalion
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion, From the 36th Battalion
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 829, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 829, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney

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His personal effects were returned to AIF Base Records Melbourne 1920, awaiting a claimant.

Age given on enlistment was given as 39 years but there is mention that at the time of his death was 45 years of age

Next of kin given as his brother Patrick Kinnane of Sydney, NSW. Brother of Mary Murphy nee Kinnane of Port Melbourne, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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