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Kenneth Bland Smith

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 28), Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 28), Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kenneth Bland AWMM
  • Surname
    Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 11/2491 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 September 1896 Public Source England, United Kingdom Public Source
  • Date of birth
    September 6th 1896 Public - Carolyn gay - Direct descendant - 21 February 2018 - Military personnel file in NZ archive lists some incorrectly entered information so they must have been processing a lot of men.
  • Place of birth
    Blackburn lancashire Public - Carolyn gay - Direct descendant - 21 February 2018 - Birth/marriage certificate
  • Birth notes
    Family home is Hazeldene in Wilpshire in Lancashire Public - Carolyn gay - Direct descendant - 21 February 2018 - Family history is now Hazeldene Nursing care home.
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Engaged in casual work, reference a court case available in a newspaper article from the Cambridge M Public - Carolyn gay - Direct descendant - 21 February 2018 - Assumed from newspaper reference.
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Bertewald F. Smith (father), Hazeldean, Blackburn, Wiltshire, England AWMM
    • Bertawald Frederick Smith, Hazeldene, Wilpshire Lancashire Public - Carolyn gay - Direct descendant - 21 February 2018 - Military personnel file had some small mistakes
  • Relationship status
    I am his granddaughter Public - Carolyn gay - Direct descendant - 21 February 2018 - He was my grandfather

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 11/2491 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 19 October 1915 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served as a Lieutenant in the 11th County of Lancaster Battalion Home Guard during World War II.

    Son of Bertawald Frederick and Mary Alice Louisa Bland Smith. Husband of Winifred Pearl Smith. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 July 1943 AWMM
    Age 46 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Great Harwood Cemetery, Hyndburn Borough, Lancashire, England AWMM Section K, Grave 2758 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R7819112
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      28: 3 AWMM

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