Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of the 116th who served with the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: Albert Alexander Kennedy was born on 5 September 1891, in Kleinburg, York, Canada West, British Colonial America as the son of Hugh Kennedy and Hannah Huxley. He married Florence Elvina Doupe on 28 June 1923, in Bolton, Peel, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Peel, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as printer in Bolton, Peel, Ontario, Canada. He died on 9 April 1951, in Bolton, Peel, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 59.
Private Albert Alexander Kennedy. Regimental no. 775514.
This man enlisted with the 126th (Peel) Overseas Battalion at Brampton, Ontario on 20 December 1915. He was a farm labourer by trade and had no prior military experience.
He embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for England on 14 August 1916, arriving at Liverpool on the 24th aboard the SS Empress of Britain.
He was transferred to the 116th on 15 October 1916 and was moved to Bramshott Camp. He was then transferred to the 18th Battalion and arrived at the Canadian Base Depot, Harve on 29 November 1916, and arrived “in the field” with the 18th Battalion on 3 December 1916.
This man suffered a contusion to his right thigh on 10 April 1917 and was transferred to England for treatment aboard the H.S. St. Andrew.
He was treated in England and was transferred to the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion before being sent back to the 18th Battalion, arriving 11 December 1917.
He was granted a 14 day leave to the United Kingdom, effective 19 November 1918, and on his return he was attached to a “Hand Compositors Course at D.A.D.P & S.S. at Duren on 14 December 1918.
He suffered from the Spanish Flu, being admitted to the 2nd Canadian Stationary Hospital on 31 December 1918, and he was sent to England for further treatment on 8 January 1919 aboard the A.T. Pieter de Connick.
He recovered and was attached to the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion on 26 March 1919 and returned to Canada.
He was demobilized at Toronto, Ontario on 26 April 1919.
| Reg number | 775514 |
| Name | Kennedy, Albert Alexander |
| Rank | |
| Year of Birth | 3/3/1905 |
| Date of Death | 4/9/1951 |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | Canada |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Kleinburg, ON |
| Address | Bolton, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 12/20/1915 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Brampton |
| Origin Unit | 126th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Empress of Britain |
| Date in England | 8/24/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 10/15/1916 |
| Left 116th | 11/29/1916 |
| Married | no |
| Occupation | printer |
| Wounded date | 4/13/1917 |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | contusion hip, from shell fragments – vimy ridge, influenza |
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| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | yes |
| Sick | yes |
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| Vimy | |
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| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
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| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 126th to 116th to 18th |
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| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 