Name: Frank Kinney Rank: Private Regimental Number: 469195 Battalion: 64th Battalion/25th Battalion Date of Birth: August 21, 1897 (on attestation) August 22, 1900 (actual date of birth) Place of Birth: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: August 24, 1915 Address at Enlistment: Yarmouth, NS Place of Enlistment: Sussex, New Brunswick Age at enlistment: 18 (apparent age) Height: 5 Feet 6 Inches Complexion: Fair Eye Colour: Hazel Hair Colour: Brown Trade: Student Marital Status: Single Religion: Roman Catholic Next of Kin: Mary Kinney (Mother) Yarmouth, NS Date of Death: April 28, 1917 Age at Death: 16 Memorial: Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Commemorated on Page 269 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. This page is displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on June 14 Frank Kinney was the son of John Wentworth Kinney (1876-1954) and Mary Josephine (Muise) Kinney (1870-1936), of Yarmouth, NS. He was the brother of Gertrude May Kinney (1898–1974), Archibald Kinney (1899–1950), and Lydia Mary (Kinney) Muise (1903-1987), and the half-brother of Harry Cecil Blades (b. 1893). Some records and some family members record their surname as Kenny and Kenney. Frank’s brother Private Archibald Kinney also served during the First World War. His half-brother Harry Cecil Blades served with the Royal Canadian Regiment and was wounded at Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917. Frank’s sister Gertrude married Sergeant William Bernard ‘Barney’ Holden (1895-1961), who also served during WWI (Service Number 415657) enlisting in Yarmouth April 12, 1915, with the 40th Bn, and serving with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. He served in the Artillery post-war. Frank enlisted at the age of 15 on August 24, 1915, in Sussex, New Brunswick with the 64th Battalion records list his birthplace as Kings Co., New Brunswick, and his apparent age at 18. The 64th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was authorized on April 20, 1915, and recruited in Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The battalion provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field until July 7, 1916. Frank trained in Canada with the 64th Battalion between August 1915 and March 1916. Private Kinney embarked Halifax on March 31, 1916, with the 64th Battalion, sailing on the SS Advocate and disembarked in Liverpool, England on April 4, 1914. While initially at Bramshott Military Camp, he was moved to Shorncliffe and was transferred to the 12th Battalion on June 24, 1916, and to the 25th Battalion on June 29, 1916. He proceeded to France where he joined the Battalion in the field on July 13. On April 28, 1917, British and Canadian troops attacked the German-held village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, France. This action was part of the Battle of Arras, which took place from April 9 to May 16, 1917. The Canadians were successful in capturing the village and holding off a German counterattack. Private Frank Kinney was killed in action by an enemy shell shortly after leaving the “jumping off” position on April 28, 1917, during the attack the enemy at Arleux-en-Gohelle.