Horace Stanley KENDON

Regimental number31657
OccupationCommercial traveller
Next of kinMother, Mrs W Kendon, 93 Grafton Road, Auckland
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary Ann Kendon, 15 Carrick Place, Dominion Road, Mount Eden, Auckland. Native of London, England
Family/military connectionsBrother: 31656 Cecil Whitworth KENDON
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 4

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