Lt R E Kennedy (2/17th Battalion)
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:56 pm
Hi All,
I've just been made aware that Lt Reginald Ernest Kennedy, NX104115, passed away over the weekend.
Lt Kennedy served with the 2/17th Battalion (9th Division) along the Huon Penninsula and later as a platoon commander with that Battalion in Borneo.
Gavin Long wrote of Lt Kennedy in the Army's Volume VII of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1939-1945. This passage appears on page 463 of The Final Campaigns available online at:
http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/histor ... ers/19.pdf
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/vetera ... nID=212175
A more detailed biography will be appearing soon in the Veteran's section of the Pacific Wreck Database.
I've just been made aware that Lt Reginald Ernest Kennedy, NX104115, passed away over the weekend.
Lt Kennedy served with the 2/17th Battalion (9th Division) along the Huon Penninsula and later as a platoon commander with that Battalion in Borneo.
Gavin Long wrote of Lt Kennedy in the Army's Volume VII of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1939-1945. This passage appears on page 463 of The Final Campaigns available online at:
http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/histor ... ers/19.pdf
Lt Kennedy's service details are available on the WW2 Nominal Roll at:The leading platoon (Lieutenant Kennedy 4) attacked and took an enemy post killing three Japanese. A second platoon (Lieutenant Trudgeon 5) moved through on the right and, briskly attacking through high grass, overcame other posts, killing 12; one Australian was killed and four wounded.
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/vetera ... nID=212175
A more detailed biography will be appearing soon in the Veteran's section of the Pacific Wreck Database.