Clair Delacy KINNANE

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Service Numbers:	310 / 3467, 3467, S66145
Enlisted:	24 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Port Germein, South Australia, 18 February 1896
Home Town:	Loxton (SA), Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Daw Park Repatriation Hospital, South Australia , 19 August 1969, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance Catholic area E, Path 24, Grave 536A. Interred on 21 August 1969. Internment number 25103 which expires on 21 August 2029
Memorials:	Loxton Pyap West Great War Honour Roll

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 310 / 3467, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
2 Nov 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3467, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations
2 Nov 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 3467, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''

29 Mar 1942:	Involvement Lieutenant, S66145, 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
29 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Lieutenant, S66145, 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Adelaide, SA
29 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, S66145
27 Nov 1945:	Discharged Lieutenant, S66145, 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Son of James David Kinnane and Theresa Joycelyn Kinnane nee Holland of Loxton, SA

Returned to Australia on 28 February 1919 aboard HT Demosthenes

On 10 October 1929 Clair married Mary McMurray in St Saviours Church, Hindmarsh, SA

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