Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: James Cornelius Kennedy
Ancestor's date of birth: 30/03/1879
Ancestor's date of death: 20/11/1956
Cause of Death: Carcinoma of Colon
Service Number: 162
Colony or State of enlistment: WA Place of Enlistment: Perth
Unit: 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistmemnt.
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): AB, Date Effective: 1902
Murray Page: 423
Contingent: Fifth Western Australian
Ship: Devon Date of Sailing: 06/03/1901
Memorial details: Perth Boer War Memorial.
Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transval, SA 1901 and SA 1902 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Not stated.
Reasons to go and fight: Not stated.
Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in east Transvaal including defeat at Brakpan where three dead (16 May 1901).
Service and life after the Boer War: In Navy 1902 to 1910 on HMS Katoomba and HMS Challenger. Married 6 August 1910, lived in Sydney, had 5 children, all now deseased.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Terrence Gregory Jones, Bull Creek WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
