KENYON, James Stanley
Service Number: | 6799 |
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Enlisted: | 12 October 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 May 1895 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Groom |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 2 July 1971, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
12 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6799, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6799, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6799, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
17 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion, From 15th Battalion & Training Battalion | |
27 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6799, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
11 Oct 1918: | Transferred Private, 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 42nd Battalion | |
22 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6799, 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Vasey Kenyon and Alice Jane Kenyon nee Lewis of Grove Estate, Frasers Road, Brisbane, QLD. Brother of Edwin Lewis Kenyon who returned to Australia on 4 June 1919 have served with the 7th Battalion and the Cyclist Battalion
Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on the 12 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 3 December 1923 James married Florence Victoria Violet Lambourne in QLD