KENYON, John Dean
Service Number: | 3555 |
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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 Columbarium 12 Section: Section 8 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
19 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3555, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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.