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Kenneth Philip FAIR

Regimental number1003
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressBunbury, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 9"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Annie Lily Fair, 194 Cimitiere Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date29 November 1915
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameMining Corps, Company 3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 20 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
FateReturned to Australia 17 June 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Archibald and Mary Ann FAIR
Discharge date18 October 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Matatua', 17 May 1918 (neurasthenia); disembarked Perth, 8 August 1918; discharged (medically unfit), Hobart, 18 October 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death23 March 1925
Age at death40
Place of burialCarr Villa Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania
SourcesNAA: B2455, FAIR Kenneth Philip

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