Frederick (Frederick Riley) KENNEDY

KENNEDY, Frederick (Frederick Riley)

Service Number: 77
Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd Field Company Engineers
Born: Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Nhill State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Died of wounds, At sea on board HS Soudan, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 May 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, buried at sea Panel 12, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 77, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1914: Involvement Sapper, 77, 2nd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914: Embarked Sapper, 77, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert James and Emily Jane Kennedy of 19 Brooks Street, Hawthorn, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the cadets