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Robert Richard KINNON

Regimental number5699
Place of birthGlenella, Queensland
SchoolGlenella Public School, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBlacksmith
Addressc/o H Kinnon, Post Office, Ayr, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs H Kinnon, Post Office, Ayr, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed with the 3rd Australian Light Horse, Mackay, Queensland
Enlistment date14 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Brettoneux, France
Age at death20.1
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row D, Grave No. 8), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
105
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Katherine KINNON; husband of Hannah EWERS (formerly KINNON), Carlyle Street, Mackay, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: Gunner J D Kinnon, MM (Details from Hannah Ewers - widow - Carlyle Street, Mackay, Queensland)
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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