Kenneth Douglas

Forenames

Kenneth AWMM

Surname

Douglas AWMM

Service number

WWI 47127 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

14 Feb 1882 Kiwi Jocks Research
Arean Mains, Urray, Ross-shire AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Herstlet Farm, Adendale, Waimate AWMM

Next of kin

Kenneth Douglas (father), Swordale, Ross-shire, Scotland AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 47127 AWMM

Military service

• 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 5th Reserve Battalion, A Company AWMM
• New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, A Company AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 25 Jan 1917 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM
Ploughman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-20 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 84 AWMM Vessel was Turakina AWMM Private AWMM 25th Reinforcements, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

• 20 Aug 1918 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Gunshot wound to left hand, transferred to 6th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, France. AWMM
• 4 Nov 1918 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Gunshot wound to right arm and back AWMM
• 11 Nov 1918 AWMM Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died at No 5 General Hospital, Rouen, France, of wounds received on 4th November. AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5 feet 6 inches AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  146 lb AWMM
• Chest measurement, WWI AWMM
  35 inches AWMM
• Chest expansion, WWI AWMM
  38 inches AWMM
• Complexion, WWI AWMM
  Fresh AWMM
• Eye colour, WWI AWMM
  Brown AWMM
• Hair colour, WWI AWMM
  Brown AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3 Battalion, A Company AWMM

Son of Kenneth and Annie Douglas, of Swordale, Evanton, Ross-shire, Scotland. AWMM

Death

11 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France AWMM S. III. T. 12. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20998196
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1358
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/27937/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/27937
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• NZEF CASUALTIES — LE QUESNOY As noted in the Appendix of Dr Christopher Pugsley’s book: Le Quesnoy 1918: New Zealand’s Last Battle. This list was compiled by Richard Stowers and Herb Farrant, and added to by Christopher Pugsley. Please forward any additional names and details to the author through Oratia Media. The list covers period 1–7 November 1918 and those who died after from wounds received in this period.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  62: 29
• Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 84 - The klink : a souvenir of the voyage of S.S. Turakina (H.M.N.Z.T. 84) April to July, 1917; and a history of the doings of the Left Wing of the 25th Reinforcements N.Z.E.F. on their way to the Front -- London : Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. : 1917