Civilian Life
Returning to civilian life in Australia, Kenny began working as a travelling salesman for Clifford Love & Co. (manufacturers, importers and merchants). He then joined the Sunday Times newspaper in Sydney, and shortly after became a traveller for Penfolds Wines.
On 29 September 1927, Kenny married Kathleen Dorothy Buckley, a florist, at St Mary's Cathedral; they had three children. His eldest daughter died in 1943, and his only son in 1948, both from rheumatic fever, from which it is said he never recovered.
Kenny repeatedly suffered the effects of trench feet; the war had also made him partially deaf. Though he never talked openly of his wartime experiences, Kenny always led the V.C. awardees in the Sydney Anzac Day march.
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