14th Battalion
Killed In Action
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Kenneth Norman McNamee (SN 4258) was born in Ballarat and was a pupil at the Urquhart Street State School. He enlisted on July 8th 1915 as a single printer’s assistant, declaring himself to be 18 years of age. Posted to the 14th Infantry Battalion he embarked just after Christmas bound for France. His gallantry soon came under notice, and he was awarded the Military Medal for '...daring and coolness as battalion runner...'. He was killed in action at Bullecourt on April 11th 1917 and it was subsequently revealed that he was just 17 years of age when he died. He has no known grave, but his sacrifice is commemorated on the Australian Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France.
