Kenneth Ferris Abbot

Forenames

Kenneth Ferris AWMM

Surname

Abbot AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/2545 AWMM
• WWI 3/53 AWMM
• WWI 235918 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Birth

8 Aug 1888 Military Personnel File

Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM 20 Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mr R.T. Abbot (father), 20 Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/2545 AWMM
• WWI 3/53 AWMM
• WWI 235918 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Engine driver/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Son of Mr R.T. and Mrs M. Abbot, of Rutarere, Bay of Plenty.

Arrived Suez, Egypt on August 1915

Next of Kin: Mr R. T. Abbot, Kutarere, Bay of Plenty (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

22 Sept 1916 AWMM

Age at death

28

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Cause of death

• Died of wounds AWMM
• Wounds received on the 16th of September 1916, the 2nd day of the Somme. Died of wounds on 22nd
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Cemetery

Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe, Somme, France AWMM IV.E.18. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22273373
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/270100/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/270100
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 24. Maunganuian : one of the many unofficial journals of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. (1915). At sea: Fifth Reinforcements. Printe by W.F. Forster and Co., Albany.
• Eadie, Forbes. Troopships engaged in the Maori Wars, 1840-1865; in the South African War, 1899-1902; in the Great War, 1914-1918. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-90/38.
• New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Roll of Honour. (1923). Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Defence.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 2
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.