kendall_family_nsw - Person Sheet
kendall_family_nsw - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Augustus Kendall 
Birth1878
Death1959
FatherWilliam Tyson Kendall (1851-1936)
MotherElizabeth Park (-1904)
Notes for William Augustus Kendall
Ernest's brothers, William Augustus (1878-1959) and John (1882-1945) also combined veterinary and military careers. Both were graduates of the Melbourne Veterinary College: William established a veterinary practice at Prahran, John at Seymour. They were both commissioned in the A.A.V.C., and promoted captain in 1913. Both joined the A.I.F. as captains on 20 August 1914 and served as veterinary surgeons in Egypt and France. John, who was also present at Gallipoli, was appointed O.B.E. Both continued service with the A.A.V.C. and were promoted lieutenant-colonel on 1 August 1924.