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William Radford Kennedy PAPWORTH

Regimental number3011
Place of birthCoonamble, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor driver
Address17 Clinton Street, Orange, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18.9
Height5' 6"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Rachael Ellen Papworth, 17 Clinton Street, Orange, New South Wales
Previous military serviceS as erved for 12 months in the 41st Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; discharged as sole supootr of widowed mother.
Enlistment date3 August 1916
Place of enlistmentBathurst, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name54th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/71/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Discharge date19 October 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Friedrichsruh', 8 July 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 19 October 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death13 June 1964
Age at death65
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, PAPWORTH William Radford Kennedy

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