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Alexander Smillie Kennedy

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 389 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 389 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Smillie AWMM
  • Surname
    Kennedy AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 8/1528 AWMM
    • WWI 8/1525 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 February 1880 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Gordon Road, Mosgiel, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 D. Kennedy (father), Gordon Road, Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Did not embark overseas AWMM
    • He did go overseas, being wounded at Gallipoli in August 1915 and being commissioned in England in early 1917 before going to France as an officer in the Otago Infantry Regiment (1st and 3rd Battalions). His service number was 8/1528 but a second part of his record is erroneously filed under 8/1525. There is also an incorrect statement that he was awarded the Military Medal (he wasn't). Public - Seán - Researcher - 13 March 2023 - Military Personnel Files, National Archives.
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Death

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  • Death
    19 December 1976 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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13 March 2023SeánDunedinResearcher

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