Edward AWMM

McKenna AWMM

Male AWMM

15 February 1827 AWMM Leeds, West Yorkshire AWMM

Stationmaster in the Government railway service/Civilian AWMM

New Zealand Wars AWMM

Camerontown (Lower Waikato) (7 September 1863) AWMM

Army AWMM

65th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot AWMM

Victoria Cross (VC) AWMM
VC: London Gazette, 16 January 1864. Citation: "On 7 Sept. 1863 near Cameron Town, New Zealand, after both his officers had been shot, Colour-Sergeant McKenna, with a small force, heavily outnumbered by the enemy, charged through their position with the loss of one man killed and one missing. The colour-sergeant's coolness and intrepidity amply justified the confidence placed in him by the soldiers brought so suddenly under his command." (Register of the VC, p207) Colonel Wyatt recommended to General Cameron that Sergeant McKenna be awarded the VC for his valour at Camerontown. In addition, McKenna was granted promotion to Ensign. AWMM

Hospital Diseases , Wounds, New Zealand Wars AWMM
Wounded at Camerontown on 7 September 1863 AWMM

Ensign/Military AWMM
65th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot AWMM

8 June 1908 AWMM
Age 81 AWMM
Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM

Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM Block 011 Plot 065 AWMM

• Alexander, J.E. (1873). Bush fighting : illustrated by remarkable actions and incidents of the Maori war in New Zealand. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-AleBush-t1-body-d3.html
  Sources Used
• Cowan, J. (1922). The New Zealand wars : a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period. Vol 1 1845-1865. Wellington, N.Z.: Government Print. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cow01NewZ.html
  Sources Used
• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Cemetery Records. Palmerston North cemetery & cremation search.
  http://www.pncc.govt.nz/ServicesAndFacilities/OnlineServices/CemeteryAndCremationSearch.aspx
  Sources Used
• HoneyBone, L. (11 August, 2011). Hands-on with war medals. North Shore Times.
  http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/5427386/Hands-on-with-war-medals
  Further Reference
• Mr Edward McKenna's V.C. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9170, 10 June 1897, Page 2
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WH18970610.2.15
  Further Reference
• McKenna, Edward (Ensign), 1827-1908. Coxhead: E. McKenna in the uniform of the 65th Regiment. Ref: 1/4-002539. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
  http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23221573
  Further Reference
• Grave of Edward MCKenna VC and his wife Elizabeth.
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/porkynz/4459525178/
  Further Reference
• Hamilton & Waikato Tourism. The Waikato War webiste.
  http://www.hamiltonwaikato.com/the-waikato-war
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5344410
  Further Reference

• The Register of the Victoria Cross. (1997). (3rd ed.). Cheltenham, England: This England. AWMM
• Harper, G., & Richardson, C. (2006). In the face of the enemy: The complete history of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins NZ. AWMM
• Alexander, J.E. (1873). Bush fighting : illustrated by remarkable actions and incidents of the Maori war in New Zealand. London, England: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle. AWMM
  p. 71 AWMM
• Cowan, J. (1922). The New Zealand wars : a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period. Vol. 1 1845-1865. Wellington, N.Z.: Government Print. AWMM
  Vol. 1, p. 263-264, Vol. 2, p. 536 AWMM
• Moorhead, M. (2005). The Queen's Heroes: Victoria and New Zealand Crosses. New Plymouth, N.Z.: Zenith. AWMM
• Harper, G., & Richardson, C. (2006). In the face of the enemy: The complete history of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins NZ. AWMM
  p.37 AWMM
• The Register of the Victoria Cross. (1997). (3rd ed.). Cheltenham, England: This England. AWMM
  p. 207 AWMM
• Information kindly provided by family AWMM