Clyde KENNEDY

Regimental number10/767
Date of birth10 December 1893
Place of birthInglewood
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCabinetmaker
AddressDudley Road, Inglewood
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.8
Height5' 7"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinG G Kennedy, Dudley Road, Inglewood
Previous military serviceServed in D Company, 11th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 21), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr and Mrs G S Kennedy, 1 Mewburn Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Returned to the ranks (from being Company Cook), 25 June 1915.

Killed in action, 7 August 1915.

War service: 361 days (of which 319 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 188, File 18056440

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