"Then the Gods pitied him and took him to their midst"
KOWARZIK, Frederick Ferdinand
Service no 1220 Private 37th Battalion (D Company)
Enlisted Sale 4 February 1916. Embarked Melbourne per HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916. Service – Western Front. Returned to Australia per Pakeha on 24 November 1919. Discharged on 16 January 1920. Age 18, Postal Assistant, single, Presbyterian. He was 5'8⅞" and weighed 132 pounds with a fair complexion, grey eyes and light brown hair. orn at Traralgon. Son of Frederick and Janet Kowarzik, 'Aberfeldz', Drouin. Brother of Private 180 Francis Edmond Kowarzik, 59 Battalion. Awarded the 1914-1918 British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal. On the Drouin State School and Warragul High School Honour Boards.
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KOZMINSKY, Maurice Edward
2nd Lieutenant 7th Battalion
Born: 14 May 1884 in Melbourne, Victoria Father: Abraham KOZMINSKY Of 6 Burnett St, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Hat Manufacturer Enlisted: 24 May 1915 Embarkation: 7 March 1916 Age: 31 years Served in Egypt & France Wounded in Action Died of Wounds: 19 August 1916 Buried: Warloy Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot 3, Row D, Grave 5
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KURING, Herman August
Service No: 626 Major 7th Battalion, 59th Battalion, 8th Battalion
Born: 15 March 1895 at Ullina, Victoria Father: Henry KURING Of 205 Smith St, Fitzroy, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Baker Enlisted: 18 August 1914 Embarkation: 19 October 1914 from Melbourne per ‘ Benalla’ Age: 19 years Served in Egypt, Gallipoli, France & England Wounded in Action Returned to Australia: 10 August 1918 per ‘Themistocles’ Appointment Terminated: 21 February 1919 Also Served in WW2 SN: W242886 Died: 3 September 1941: Accidental Drowning at Wilson’s Bay, Rottnest Island, Western Australia
Weekly Times 7 August 1915 page 28
KURRLE, Horace Garfield
Service No 765 Corporal 38th Battalion
Born Sunbury, Vic. Son of Robert Frederick & Catherine Lupton KURRLE Of 9 Cromwell Road, Hawksburn, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Clerk Enlisted 09 July 1915 Killed in action 02 January 1917 Aged 23 years
KYFFIN, Arthur Powell
Service no 356 Private 7th Battalion
Born Wangaratta, Vic. Son of Powell KYFFIN Of Yarrawonga, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Engine Driver Enlisted 18 August 1914 at Broadmeadows, Vic. Returned to Australia 15 June 1916 per 'Kanowna'
Weekly Times Saturday 04 September 1915 page 28
KYLE, Albert Richard
Service No 5474 Private 22nd Battalion
Born Woods Point, Vic. Son of James William and Ellen KYLE Husband of Isabella Mary KYLE Of Frances Street, Bairnsdale, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Engineering Enlisted 29 February 1916 Killed in action 03 May 1917 Aged 38 years Buried in London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse II L 15