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  • Hamilton
  • Ontario
  • Vancouver
  • Son of Sir John and Lady Louise C. S. Kennedy, of 100, Crescent St., Montreal; his brother was killed in South Africa
  • Arts and Law, McGill University
  • Barrister, established the law firm of Kennedy and MacKintosh; police court prosecutor in Vancouver
  • King George V visited Remi Siding on the day John died

Military service

  • 23 October 1915, Vancouver
  • Lieutenant
  • 7th Bn. British Columbia Regiment
  • 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

  • 7 August; the battalion was bombarded with rifle grenades, near Ypres.
  • Died of shell wounds on left arm in n°10 CCS
  • 41
  • IX - B - 5

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