Robert Alexander GEDDES or KENNEDY

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1916-1919; 5765, 2nd Tunnelling Company, AIF
• Residence: 1930, Picton, Werriwa, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1937, Helensburgh, Werriwa, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1943, Foveaux, East Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1949, Foveaux, West Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

Information on his army record has him dying in Adelaide 29 Oct 1955 as Robert Alexander Kennedy (Kennedy being his mother's third husband). Research by Donna Baldey published at http://tinyurl.com/6qdhlya gives details of him as a member of 2nd Tunnelling Company during WWI. It appears to be the same person as the researcher also details the service records of his half-brothers James Adolphus Kennedy and Martin George Kennedy. Alex (as he Robert Alexander was known) used the Kennedy surname. According to family information he did not marry and ended up moving to South Australia with the family who ran the boarding house in which he lived in Sydney.
So, Robert Alexander Geddes or Kennedy is also found on the electoral roll in New South Wales as a labourer in 1930 at the Nepean Dam, Werriwa. In 1937, he is found at the Woronora Dam, Werriwa. His connection with dam work fits with his war experiences as a tunneller and is confirmed by family members who knew of him. In 1943 and 1949, he is living at Albion St, East Sydney. Not found on electoral roll thereafter.

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Birth:
Queensland Historical Indexes: 1886/C18 Robert Alexander son of Geddes Robert Frederick Sarah Jane Levin

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_MILT:
http://tinyurl.com/7pkuktr Item details for: MT1486/1, GEDDES/ROBERT ALEXANDER
http://tinyurl.com/7ogbzhy
Item details for: B2455, KENNEDY ROBERT ALEXANDER
KENNEDY Robert Alexander : Service Number - 5765 : Place of Birth - Muttaburra QLD : Place of Enlistment - Sydney NSW : Next of Kin - (Mother) KENNEDY Jane
Item barcode 7364601 Records authority class number 1023540 Date registered 06 Aug 2004

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Died:
Australia Death Index, 1787-1985: Name: Robert Alexander Kennedy. Death Date: 29 Oct 1955. Death Place: South Australia. Registration Year: 1951-1955. Registration Place: South Australia. Page Number: 6310. Volume Number: 833

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