KERNOT, Edgeworth William Pitt
| Service Numbers: | 3634, 3634A |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1917, 10th reinforcements Royal Naval House, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 24 July 1899 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | State School, Stawell & Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 April 1918, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Meteren Military Cemetery Plot 4, Row H, Grave 787 INSCRIPTION -ERECTED IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY PRO DEO ET PATRIA |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3634, 55th Infantry Battalion, 10th reinforcements Royal Naval House, Sydney | |
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| 21 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3634, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked 3634, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 26 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3634, 55th Infantry Battalion, Reverted from Corporal to Private | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 3634A, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3634A awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Edgeworth William Pitt KERNOT was born on 24th July, 1899 in Stawell, Victoria
His parents were William Edwin KERNOT and Florence May LILLIE
He attended the State School in Stawell where he was a keen athlete & was also at Wesley College in 1910
He had 4 years previous service with the senior cadets and was a Corporal attached to the 17th Battalion before he enlisted in the Royal Naval House in Grosvenor St Sydney to sign up with the Army for WW1
He embarked with the 55th Battalion, 10th reinforcements from Sydney on board HMAT Euripides on 31st October , 1917 - he was an Acting Corporal from 21st August, 1917 and reverted to Private after the voyage on 26th December, 1917 - he was taken on srength from the 55th Battalion and reallocated service no. 3534A - he transferred to the 1st Battalion on 1st April, 1918
Edgeworth was Killed in Action on 30th April, 1918 in Meteren, France during the Villers Bretonneux campaign , when he & some others were carrying timber to make a dugout & he was killed instantly by a shell & several others were wounded - he is buried in the Meteren Military Cemetery in France.
Inscription reads:
"ERECTED IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY
PRO DEO ET PATRIA"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the west face of the Mosman War Memorial (Sydney) - he was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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Trove - IN MEMORIAM
KERNOT - In proud and loving memory of Corp Edgeworth W. P. Kernot, 1st Battalion A.I.F. killed in action at Meteren, France, April 30, 1918, the loved eldest son of W.E. Kernot, "Cohoes" Mosman, Sydney and the late F M. Kernot
"He shall not grow old, as we that are left grown old
Age shall not weary him, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember him"
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Brother - Ian Crosbie KERNOT served in WW2 with the RAAF (SN41792) and was discharged in 1946
Cousin - Captain Cyril McEachern LILLIE served in WW1 & was discharged in 1919
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