Pair: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 2196 A-L-CPL J. KENNERLEY. 51 BN A.I.F.
Previous service listed as 20th Signal Coy Engineers, 6 months
Emb. 9th August 1916 51st Bn
WIA: 5th April 1918 “G.S.W. Left Arm Serious”
RTA: 28th February 1919
Note: Comes with his 98 page diary filled out completely from Blackboy Hill until his discharge. On the day of his wounding he had the following to say “Fritz tried to break through but failed. He put over a very heavy Barage, and I had the luck to get a backslash wound in the upper part of the left arm between 10 & 11 o’clock in the morning.”
A very extensive diary with all places, attacks and timings entered down to the hour.
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