Kennedy, Robert Alexander

Robert was born in Muttaburra the son of Jane

Conflict
Service	Australian Army
Service number	5765
Date of enlistment	10/04/1916
Place of enlistment	Sydney, NSW
Next of kin	Jane Kennedy [mother]
Date of discharge	19/03/1919
Rank	Sapper
Honours	MM
Source	www.awm.gov.au/database
Notes	He was a 30 year old miner when he enlisted in to the Tunnelling Company - Officers and October to December Reinforcements (October-December 1916) Ship Name: HMAT Ulysses Ship Number: A38 Date of Embarkation: 25/10/1916 Place of Embarkation: Melbourne He won his MM on the 04/10/1918: 'During the operation against the Hinderburg Line on the Morning of the 20th September, in the neighbourhood of Bellicourt, he was engaged with a party searching for enemy mines. Sapper Kennedy removed serveral dangeroud booby traps from dugouts and assisted in the capture of many prisoners. He also detected and removed a large number of road mines. The whole of the day he worked under heavy shell and machine gunfire, during which 50% of his party became casualities.'