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Donald Gilbert Kennedy

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Donald Gilbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Kennedy AWMM
  • Ingoa
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  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 March 1898 AWMM Southland, South Island AWMM
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  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Gilbert and Ellice Islands AWMM
  • Post war occupation
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  • Relationship status

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Educated at Waitaki Boys' High School. Joined the Colonial Service and initiallly served in the Education Service in Fiji then the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Then transferred to the Administrative Service and continued to serve in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.

    Biography: Mike Butcher, '. . . when the long trick's over': Donald Kennedy in the Pacific', 2012. AWMM

Death

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    1976 AWMM
    Northland, New Zealand AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    Wikidata Entity
    http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33133744
    Further Reference
  • References
    Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. AWMM
    p.427 AWMM

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