Thomas Hale KENSIT
Born 1889 in Saint Pancras, London, England [21] [30]
Son of Francis John KENSIT [30]
Departed Antwerpe, Belgium on the steamship Cassel and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 October 1912 [70]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 20 May 1916 [30: item 7371301]
On enlistment he gave his occupation as "Farmer" and his postal address as "C/- Mrs Bunney, Kelmscott, Western Australia" [30]
At the time he was 5 feet 5½ inches tall, weighed 120 pounds and had $brown eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion [30]
Gave his next of kin as his aunt, Mrs Annie Bunney, whose address was Kelmscott, Western Australia [30]
Embarked Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A23 Suffolk on 30 September 1916 [30]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England after further training at Folkestone proceeded to France S.S. Armadale on 1 January 1917 [30]
Sapper 5355 in the Australian Imperial Force's 1st Tunnelling Company in France during the First World War [30]
Hospitalised in France a number of times due to illness and once after being wounded in action (gassed) on 31 October 1917 [30]
Married Emma GRAY on 21 July 1919 at Saint James Church in Clapton, England [30]
Along with his wife embarked from England on the Port Napier on and disembarked in Australia on 2 February 1920 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 27 March 1920; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Worked for Leslie KEAMY on Cardo Farm in Watheroo, Western Australia [30: item 7371301]
While working in Watheroo a piece of wood fell out of the fireplace and burnt down the hessian lined house he was living in [30]
Farmer in Watheroo in 1922 [50]
Farmer in East Marchagee, Western Australia 1924-1938 [2] [19] [80: 28-Oct-1925]
His farm was 2,094 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 3151, 3210, 3236, 3237, 3241, 4218, 5794, 5795, 5796 [3]
V3K was his registered horse and cattle firebrand in 1924 [80: 28-Oct-1925]
In 1927-28 he owned a Reo truck which was licenced with the Carnamah District Road Board with number plate CA-155 [325]
He owned a Chevrolet car and Chevrolet truck in 1932, with license plates CA-230 and CA-287 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Signatory to a letter sent in January 1934 expressing confidence in the Carnamah Road Board and its South Member [5: 19-Jan-1934]
In June 1934 he applied with the A.I.F. for a new Discharge Paper, as he'd lost his, and everything else, in the fire at Watheroo [30]
Sold 142 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 17 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
The 142 sheep consisted of 73 ewes (42 at 14/4, 31 at 18/4), 62 hoggets (41 at 15/1, 21 at 11/10) and 7 lambs at 15/1 per head [5]
Resided in Marchagee until his death in 1938 [2]
Father of Eileen Edna [15]
Died 13 November 1938; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, LB, 170) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Thomas Hale Kensit' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/thomas-hale-kensit [reference list] |
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