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KENNIWELL, Alexander James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX13750 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1940, Paddington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 2 February 1911 |
| Home Town: | Killara, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Organising secretary |
| Died: | Newport, NSW, Australia, 8 December 1978, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX13750, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW | |
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| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX13750, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Jun 1940: | Promoted Lance Corporal, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Ingleburn, NSW | |
| 22 Jul 1940: | Promoted Corporal, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Ingleburn, NSW | |
| 1 Mar 1941: | Involvement Corporal, NX13750, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa | |
| 10 Apr 1941: | Involvement Corporal, NX13750, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk | |
| 21 Aug 1942: | Wounded Corporal, NX13750, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA Tel el Eisa (S.W. Lt shoulder/arm & compound fract Rt humerus) | |
| 5 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX13750, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Dec 1943: | Discharged Corporal, NX13750, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Due to war injury. | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Corporal, NX13750, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
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WIA Tel el Eisa