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Personal data

• Name KENNEDY
• Initials JK
• First name JOHN KEEFER
• Place of birth Hamilton
• Country Ontario
• Last residence Vancouver
• Family Son of Sir John and Lady Louise C. S. Kennedy, of 100, Crescent St., Montreal; his brother was killed in South Africa
• Education Arts and Law, McGill University
• Profession Barrister, established the law firm of Kennedy and MacKintosh; police court prosecutor in Vancouver
• Extra info King George V visited Remi Siding on the day John died

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 23 October 1915, Vancouver
• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 7th Bn. British Columbia Regiment
• Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Enlisted in the D.C.O.R. (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles, Cavalry) July, 1915, which was disbanded; joined 62nd Bn. C.E.F. Dec., 1915, as Lieutenant; transferred to the 7th Bn; to France July 1916

Death

• Wounded 7 August; the battalion was bombarded with rifle grenades, near Ypres.
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds on left arm in n°10 CCS
• Date of death 14 August 1916
• Died at the age of 41
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX - B - 5

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