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In loving memory of
Captain Malcolm Stuart Kennedy, born at Kew, 1892; graduate R.M.C., Duntroon; Lieut. 5th L. H.,. A.I.F., 1914; Wounded at Lone Pine, 1915; seconded to Tank Corps, 1916; Captain 57th Battalion, 1916; General Staff Officer, 1st Division, A.I.F., 1917. Service, Gallipoli, Somme,
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Note that although the VFL/AFL records have "Mal
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