KENMAN, Robert William
| Service Number: | 3095 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1917, Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Terrors Creek, Queensland, Australia, 20 July 1885 |
| Home Town: | Laidley, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Gympie, Qld., 31 December 1939, aged 54 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gympie Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Dayboro Showgrounds War Memorial, Dayboro War Memorial, Mount Pleasant Upper North Pine Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3095, 41st Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3095, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3095, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 18 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3095, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Robert's parents were Robert Kenman and Jane Tait Dickson. Robert Kenman selected land in the Laceys Creek area in 1879, his wife Jane was the post-mistress for Laceys Creek. Robert was the fifth of eight children. He married Barbara Fry at Brisbane in 1912.
Brother of John Dickson Kenman, David Merton Kenman, George Kenman, Isabella Keith Kenman, Jessie Gray Kenman and Charles Kenman who was killed in action on the 23 July 1916 while serving with the 41st Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
On 24 December 1912 Robert married Barbara Fry in QLD. Father of Robert William Kenman and Jessie Dardenella Kenman plus two other children
Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1918 aboard SS Marmari disembarking at Melbourne on 14 February 1919 for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Robert William Kenman, 26 was killed, and a brother and another man were seriously injured when two utility trucks collided near Traveston yesterday.
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