KENNY, James Joseph

Service Number –   WX 12991.

Rank –   Private.

Unit / Division –   2/16  Australian  Infantry  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   14  May  1941.

Date  of  Birth-  6  October  1913.

Place  of  Birth-  Perth,  W. A.

Address on Enlistment –   Capel,  W. A.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  James  Joseph  Kenny,  Mother-  Florence  Violet  Kenny,  both  of  South  Bunbury,  W. A.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   14  December  1942.

Place –   Port  Moresby,  Papua  New  Guinea.

Age at Death –   29.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Port  Moresby  (  Bomana  ), War  Cemetery,  Papua  New  Guinea  (  Plot  B1,  Row  D,  Grave  No. 19 ).