John Charles KENNA

KENNA, John Charles

    Service Number: 254
    Enlisted: 8 February 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Coonabarabran, Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Wounds, Hospital Ship "Devanha", Malta, 3 September 1915, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Pieta Military Cemetery
    B. VIII. 1. INSCRIPTION THE LORD GAVE THE LORD HATH TAKEN BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 254, 18th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 26 and a son of John and Rebecca Racheal [Racheal?] Kenna, of Coonabarabran, New South Wales. 

    His brother died in France on 5th August 1916. He was also 26 and also served with the 18th Battalion. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. He was  Private James Martin Kenna,Service Number 2514.

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