John Dean (Jack) KENYON

KENYON, John Dean

Service Number: 3555
Enlisted: 19 October 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 66th Infantry Battalion
Born: Liverpool, England, 27 July 1892
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Queensland, Australia, 31 July 1959, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
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World War 1 Service

19 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3555, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
12 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3555, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
12 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3555, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
14 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From the 19th Battalion
19 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3555, 19th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the head. Invalided to England on 19 August 1916
4 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion, At Windmill Hill Camp
21 Dec 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3555, 66th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to a piece of shrapnel in the right hemisphere of the brain

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

At the time of enlisting he was residing at People's Palace, Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW

Son of Henry Guy Kenyon and Helen Kenyon nee Foley of Magazine Road, Liscard, Cheshire, England

Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1917 aboard Suevic disembarking on the 20 November 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Gail Tankard

My grandfather John Dean Kenyon was the son of Henry Guy Kenyon and Eleanor Kenyon nee Foley.