BAYNES, Kenneth
| Service Number: | N171075 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Salvage Company |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 22 March 1916 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrical Salesman |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 July 2000, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N171075 | |
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| 23 Dec 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N171075 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, N171075, 2nd Divisional Salvage Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ken was the eldest of three children of Henry Alexander Baynes (born 1887 in Essex, England) and Virginia (Jinnie) Jones (born 1884 in Melbourne, Victoria). Henry - a Clerk in London - married Jinnie in 1915 in Melbourne, Victoria. Henry and Jinnie moved to Sydney, NSW in 1916, where Henry worked as an Insurance Inspector and Commercial Traveller.
Ken, an Electrical Salesman in Sydney, served with the Militia as a Sapper (Service No:311493) with 3rd Fortress Coy RAE prior to enlisting with the ACMF in December 1941. He was attached to 16 Australian L of C Salvage Section when he was Discharged in December 1942. Brother Vernon (Lieutenant; Service No:NX70454), Uncle Vernon (Gunner; Service No:N230145), and cousins Vernon Roger (Bombardier; Service No:272934), and Robert (Able Seaman; Service No:24974) also served in WWII.
After the War, Ken lived in Sydney, NSW and was a Merchant and Agent. He died in 2000.