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Kenneth James MELLOR

Regimental number22099
Date of birth21 March 1894
Place of birthSemaphore, South Australia
SchoolPrince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationTailor
AddressMedindie, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs E M Mellor, Lindley Avenue, Garden Road, Medindie, South Australia
Enlistment date6 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 23, Battery 108
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/133/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 20 December 1917
Discharge date28 February 1918
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 39801 Gunner Robert Thornton MELLOR, 14th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 8 July 1919; Major Thomas Reginald MELLOR, 5th Divisional Artillery, returned to Australia, 3 May 1919.
Other detailsWar service: France, Belgium. Wounded, Messines, Belgium, 12 July 1917; invalided to 1st and 2nd Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, England; invalided to Australia, 14 February 1918; discharged as medically unfit.

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