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When Kenneth Laird enlisted he was 26 and newly married to Mary Laird. Prior to enlisting, he was a farmer at Calivil who was well-known as a talented footballer for the Calivil Football Club and a long-distance runner. He was the fourth son of Donald and Isabell. His late father, Donald Craig Laird had been an East Loddon Shire councillor.
Honour roll location: Pillar 6D Resources: ‘Wounded soldiers‘, Bendigonian, 4th November 1915, p. 2
Honour roll location: Pillar 6D Resources: ‘Private R Lemon‘, The Bendigo Independent, 21st June 1915, p. 6 ‘Those who have died for freedom’s cause‘, Bendigonian, 25th November 1915, p. 2