Sapper

Wilfred Kennedy

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of William Fletcher Kennedy and Rosamond Kennedy, of 74, Carlton Avenue, Wanganui. Native of Nelson.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

Wilfred was born in 1892 in Nelson. He was an old boy of Nelson College, leaving in 1908 to accept an appointment in the New Plymouth office of the Land and Survey Department. In 1910 after passing t... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number: 
4/770
Name:
Wilfred Kennedy
Rank: 
Sapper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Education: 
Next of Kin: 
W.F. Kennedy (father), Patea, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Deeds Office, Auckland, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Engineers

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
10 August 1915
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
4th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
17 April 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 21
HMNZT 22
HMNZT 23
Vessel:
Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
8
Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
Wilfred Kennedy
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