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Kenneth Murdoch Matheson

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Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) erected at the site of the original burials to remember those who died 14 November 1917 from Powles, C.G. (1922). p. 264 - No known copyright restrictions

Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) erected at the site of the original burials to remember those w …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kenneth Murdoch AWMM
  • Surname
    Matheson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 35831 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss E. Matheson (sister), care of Captain J. Mitchell, Occidental Hotel, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 35831 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farrier/Military AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Moeraki then transfer to Port Sydney at Sydney for Suez.

    Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) erected at the site of the original burials to remember those who died 14 November 1917 from Powles, C.G. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 November 1917 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Palestine, Middle East AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel AWMM B.56. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    MATHESON. – On November 14, killed in action in Egypt, Farrier Kenneth Murdock M. Matheson, of Patea (Twenty-third Reinforcements). For King and country. - Inserted by his sincere friends, M. and A. Davies. (Auckland Weekly News, 6 December 1917, p. 30)

    MATHESON. – On November 14, 1917, killed in action in Egypt, Farrier Kenneth Murdock Matheson, beloved brother of Mrs. J. T. Short, Alfriston." (Auckland Weekly News, 6 December 1917, p. 30) AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Ayun Kara Memorial (destroyed), Palestine AWMM

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23 March 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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