Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Driver G. A. Kennedy, 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was wounded in action by gun shot to the head on 11 March 1917
1914-15 Star (3583 Pte. G. A. Kennedy. 2/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (3583 Dvr. G. A. Kennedy. 2 Bn. A.I.F.); together with the recipient’s riband bar and related miniature awards, nearly very fine

Five: A. Kennedy, Australian Forces
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially named ‘NX1098 A. Kennedy.’; together with the recipient’s riband bar and related miniature awards, good very fine (8) £100-£140

G. A. Kennedy attested for the Australian Imperial Forces and was wounded in action by ‘gun shot wound, head’ on 11 March 1917, whilst serving with the 5th Pioneer Battalion. Admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance on 3 January 1919 suffering from a ‘septic leg’, he was classed as ‘invalid’ arriving in Sydney on 1 June 1919, and was discharged ‘permanently unfit’.