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Thomas Jamieson Kennaway

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3/4 portrait of Private Thomas Jamieson Kennaway (1896-1970) of the New Zealand Engineers, New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1916). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-K1681. No known copyright.

3/4 portrait of Private Thomas Jamieson Kennaway (1896-1970) of the New Zealand Engineers, New Zeala …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Jamieson AWMM
  • Surname
    Kennaway AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 26631 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 January 1896 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    23 January 1896 Public - Leigh - Other Relative - 11 April 2015 - Family papers
  • Place of birth
    Gantramore Cottages, Alfred Street, Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scotland Public - Leigh - Other Relative - 11 April 2015 - Family papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Isabel Kennaway (mother), 8 Browning Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
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    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 26631 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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    WW1 Unknown AWMM Letter carrier/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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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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    • Some H Company sailed on the Devon AWMM
    • Emigrated to New Zealand in 1905, accompanied by his mother, older sister Isabella and younger sister Ellen (Nell). Their father had already come out in 1904. Public - Leigh - Other Relative - 11 April 2015 - Family papers

Death

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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/R18056413
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      41: 38 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM

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11 April 2015LeighLower Hutt, New ZealandOther Relative

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