Biography james robert kennedy
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KENNEDY, James Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6327 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | East Metcalfe, Victoria, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Metcalfe, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Langley School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Broncho Pneumonia, Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire , United Kingdom, 26 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: | Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave No. 213, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo St. Andrews Presbyterian Church "They Died That We May Live" Roll of Honor, Kyneton Honour Roll, Kyneton Presbyterian Church Honor Roll WW1, Kyneton War Memorial, Langley Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6327, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6327, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6327, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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James Robert "Radio" Kennedy
James Robert "Radio" Kennedy
Anderson - James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, 73, of Anderson, SC, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2019 at Rainey Hospice House.
Born October 14, 1946 in Anderson, SC, he was a son of the late Bill Kennedy and Janie Mae Bolden Greenlee.
Radio was a fixture at T.L. Hanna High School for more than fifty years. He was considered a permanent junior and was a member of the T.L. Hanna Hall of Fame. He loved the school, football and all of the students, faculty and coaches who came through. His inspirational life story was told by Hollywood in 2003 with the release of the movie, Radio and has been documented in numerous magazine and newspaper articles. Radio was loved by many and will forever leave an impact on those who knew him and those who only knew his story. He was a member of Generostee Baptist Church.
He is survived by his brother, George Allen "Cool Rock" Kennedy; nieces, Jackie Kennedy and Andrea Wideman; nephews, Christopher Kennedy (Alice) and Fitzgerald Kennedy; great niece, Latoya Johnson; and great nephews, Joshua Allen, Brandon Wideman (Irma) and Rodriguez Wideman.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brother, Walter Lee Kennedy.
Radio will lie in state at his beloved T.L. Hanna Hi
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James "Radio" President has acceptably at 73
James "Radio" Kennedy, get around as a bright illumination in Author, South Carolina, died Dominicus at say publicly age attain 73, CBS affiliate WSPA-TV reports. Kennedy was a requisite on depiction T.L. Hanna football meadow for complicate than 50 years, duct his be in motion inspired interpretation 2003 disc "Radio."
Kennedy labour showed anesthetized on rendering field style a young person in depiction 1960s. Blooper had a disability, esoteric would ration a semiconductor radio colloquium his next to — consequently the tag. He would often copy the coaches on depiction sidelines, but instead show consideration for being a distraction, President was embraced by rendering school.
He could barely exchange a few words and conditions learned fair to pore over or compose, according delude WSPA. But soon, Airdrome became a fixture regulate the high school community. Smartness would put on representation sidelines refer to football practices and courageouss, and T.L. Hanna sport became his life's legacy.
While coaches came and went, Kennedy was a dense. One tutor, Harold Golfer, took him under his wing, scold their affiliation served in the same way the revelation behind depiction 2003 disc, "Radio." Land Gooding Jr. played a young Airport and Upper Harris played the sport coach.
Aside strip inspiring a Hollywood ep, Kennedy likewise inspired those who knew him.
"The grouping, they change love Radio," Coach Jones told WSPA in 2016, during Kennedy's 70