Robert Rawden Kennedy (1922 - 2001)

Born 18 Dec 1922 in Leonora, Western Australia, Australia

Husband of Judith (Ewing) Kennedy — married 1944 in Swan, Western Australia, Australia

Died 12 Dec 2001 at age 78 in Queensland, Australia

Biography

ROBERT RAWDEN KENNEDY (Kennedy-9445)

PARENTS. Gilbert William Kennedy & Mary Therese (King) Kennedy

BIRTH. 18 Dec 1922, Leonora, Western Australia, Australia

BIRTH. WA BDM Birth Reg: #2: 1923, Kennedy Robert R; District of Mt Margaret

WWII Service Record:

Name KENNEDY, ROBERT RAWDEN

Service Australian Army

Service Number WX12543

Date of Birth 18 Dec 1920

Place of Birth LEONORA, WA

Date of Enlistment 9 May 1941

Locality on Enlistment EAST GUILDFORD, WA

Place of Enlistment CLAREMONT, WA

Next of Kin KENNEDY, JUDITH

Date of Discharge 7 Feb 1946

Rank Lieutenant

Posting at Discharge 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion

WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display

Prisoner of War No

MARRIAGE. 1944, Swan, Western Australia, Australia

MARRIAGE. 1944, Judith Ewing, daughter of Christopher Thomas Parker Ewing & Vera (Barrett-Lennard) Ewing

MARRIAGE. WA BDM Marriage Reg: #29: 1944, Ewing Judith; Kennedy Robert R; District of Swan

Children:

(1) Christopher Kennedy

(2) Mary Kennedy, m. Rick Vernon

(3) Belinda Kennedy

(4) Dinah Kennedy

DEATH. 12 Dec 2001, Queensland, Australia

REMEMBERED.

Robert Rawdon "Buzz" Kennedy

Birth: Dec. 18, 1922

Death: Dec. 12, 2001

Father of Christopher, Mary, Belinda & Dinah

Burial: Magnetic Island Memorial Gardens, Townsville, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia

Also plaque for Judith Kennedy, nee Ewing

Death of Spouse: 3 Sep 2003, possibly Queensland, Australia

Buzz Kennedy was a newspaper columnist and media commentator for fifty years. After service in the AIF during the Second World War, he became a journalist. For many years he wrote the front page 'Town Talk' column for the Daily Telegraph. He worked in radio (both commercial and ABC), in television from its earliest days in Australia, and he was literary editor, leader writer and columnist for the Australian. He also served as Special Assistant to Prime Minister Robert Menzies and as Press Secretary to the Queen Mother and to Princess Alexandra. Buzz Kennedy was awarded the Order of Australia medal in 1994. Buzz has since passed on. http://www.tcnchannel9.com/197149945

Robert “Buzz” Kennedy: The late associate editor and columnist for The Australian has a daughter, Mary Vernon, who is a columnist for Rupert’s Townsville Bulletin, and another daughter, Dinah Kennedy, who is features editor at the same paper and a grandson, Ben Vernon, was a reporter on the paper before becoming rugby league writer at the Herald Sun in Melbourne. Buz Kennedy’s son-in-law, Rick Vernon, is Northern News Director for DMG Radio and wife Buzz’s wife writes book reviews for the Townsville Bulletin under the her maiden name of Judy Ewing. Judy’s brother Peter was for some years day editor of The West Australian. Buzz wrote a column for the Bully up until his death a couple of years ago and his 12yo granddaughter Jessica (Dinah’s daughter) won the title of Junior Reporter of the Year In Print, a weekly magazine insert in the Townsville Bulletin. https://www.crikey.com.au/2005/03/21/australias-many-media-dynasties/

MARRIAGE OF PARENTS.

MARRIAGE. WA BDM Marriage Reg: #447: 1912, Kennedy Gilbert W; King Mary T; District of Perth

WEDDING REPORT. A wedding of interest to goldfields folk took place in Perth yesterday, when Mr. Gilbert W. Kennedy, of Sturt Meadows Station, Leonora, was quietly married to Miss Theresa King, of Kalgoorlie. The wedding ceremony was performed by Bishop Riley. and took place from Dr. S. W. Barber's residence, Milligan-street, Perth. Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950) Fri 28 Jun 1912 Page 2: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92588124

HIS FATHER'S FAMILY: The Kennedys: https://web.archive.org/web/20140426134321/http://brightoncemetery.com:80/HistoricInterments/Readers/kennedyr.htm

Sources

• Birth: WA BDM Birth Reg: #2: 1923

• WWII Service Record: https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=748665&c=WW2

• Marriage: WA BDM Marriage Reg: #29: 1944

• Remembered: Find A Grave: Memorial #96331205