Kenelm Arthur Wallis

Forenames

Kenelm Arthur AWMM

Surname

Wallis AWMM

Also known as

Kenneth Arthur Wallis AWMM

Service number

• South African 83454 AWMM
• South African 23454 AWMM
• WWI 58239 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

23 Dec 1875 AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Woodstock, Woodlands, Invercargill AWMM
• Pre 19 Jun 1917 AWMM Hanmer Springs, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Dora Gwendolyn Wallis (wife), C/o Post Office, Wellington AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
  Married, 1 child AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• South African 83454 AWMM
• South African 23454 AWMM
• WWI 58239 AWMM

Military service

Kitchener's Horse AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa Unknown AWMM
• WW1 19 Jun 1917 AWMM Gardener/Civilian AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM
  Slightly wounded, 19 August 1900 AWMM
• Medical, Unknown Period AWMM
  Malaria, lost a lot of weight since AWMM
• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died from disease contracted while training with the NZEF in New Zealand AWMM

Last rank

• South Africa 26 Mar 1901 AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 6th Contingent AWMM
• WW1 Trooper AWMM
  35th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM

Husband of Dora Gwendolyn Wallis (nee Booth), of Wellington; father of Leon Normanby Wallis born June 1916.

Kitchener's Horse until end of January 1901

2nd Contingent 31 January 1901 - 26 March 1901

Served in South Africa as Kenneth Arthur Wallis. Listed at Archives New Zealand as WALLIS, Kenelm Arthur [a.k.a Wallis, Kenneth Arthur] AWMM

Death

7 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  41 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Area 08, Block G, Row 09, Plot 009 AWMM

Obituary

Private Kenelm A. Wallis died at the Featherston Camp on Monday, and Private E. Vinson at the Trentham Camp on the same day. Both succumbed to cerebro- spinal meningitis

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIV, ISSUE 14429, 16 OCTOBER 1917, PAGE 4

Memorial name

Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Cemetery Records. Wellington City Council.
  http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/search/search.php
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20524137
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Featherston Cemetery War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Archives NZ: W5515|58|5797
  http://archives.govt.nz/research/guides/war
  Further Reference

References

• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Information kindly provided by family