In Memory Of
KENNEDY, ROBERT GODFREY
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1917-08-18
Service No:
20209V
Rank:
Major
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Date of Death:
1944-07-23
Cause of Death:
Died in Freak Accident, while trying to disarm a new type of anti-tank shear mine. The mine exploded, killing both Capt C. E. Hall and Major R. G. Kennedy.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XI. C. 6.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Robert M. and May M. Kennedy; husband of Joyce M. Kennedy, of Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa. A surveyor draughtsman.
