Wilfred Kennedy

Forenames

Wilfred AWMM

Surname

Kennedy AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/770 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

11 Oct 1892 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

WW1 Deeds Office, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 W.F. Kennedy (father), Patea, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/770 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Sapper AWMM New Zealand Field Engineers AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 10" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  157 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers AWMM

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

Native of Nelson

Member of the College Rifles Rugby Football Club

Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).

Killed in action, 10 August 1915.

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

Next of Kin: Mr W. F. Kennedy, Waihi (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

10 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Roll of Honour, College Rifles, Rugby Union Football & Sports Club, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18056430
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-412682.html
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=753
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680097/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680097
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 389
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.