Randell, Kenneth George

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Randell, Kenneth George

Service Service Number Number 1494 3251 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 23rd August 1918 Peninsula EastGallipoli of Proyart, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Randell, Kenneth George (known as George)

SERVICE NO

3251

UNIT

33rd Battalion/trans to 2nd Btn 15/8/1917

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

21 yrs 3 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Galston, NSW

ADDRESS

Terminus St., Liverpool

OCCUPATION

Carter

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

10 Apr 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Royal Aust Show Grounds

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Parents;-Alfred & Amy Randell, Terminus St., Liverpool Brother;- Cpl Leslie A Randell (3908)

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION RELIGION

Height-5’6½”. Weight-132lbs. Chest-32-35”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown. C/E

EMBARKED

11 Nov 1916 Sydney per A29 “Suevic”

DISEMBARKED

30 Jan 1917 Devonport

NOTES

13 Jan 1917-AWOL-1 day Breaking Ship (A29) 120hrs detention 22 Jan 1917-Crime;- A29-smoking on Troop deck/ 15 Aug 1917-OS- France 22-25 Jan 1918-AWOL29 Jan 1918-Neglecting to obey order of NCO

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

4 Oct 1917-GSW R/Leg, R/Forearm, chest & shoulder- Wimereux, France- transf. England. 12 Jan 1918- Adm Sutton Veny Hosp, deformed little toe amputated 11 Feb-22 Apr 1918- Adm hosp Burford Eng- VD

DIED

CORRESPONDENCE

23 Aug 1918-nr St. Martin’s Wood, East of Proyart. Killed with 4 others when shell exploded, all were buried together. 24 Aug 1918- Harbonnieres nr St. Martin’s Wood, A few days later a Cross was placed on gve by his brother Cpl L A Randell (3908) Re-interred Heath Cem., 2500yds N of Harbonnieres. British War Medal-52990, Victory Medal-52229. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-350960. Mother

REMARKS

Randell was a Lewis Gunner (HQ)

RED CROSS REPORT

Randell had been a Boy Scout, known as George & or Snowy/

BURIED MEDALS

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8026156

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