John Joseph KENNEDY

Regimental number16412
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Kennedy, 129 Fitzgerald Street, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Manuka on 5 October 1916
Final rankTrooper
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 30 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialDamascus Commonwealth War Cemetery (Row C, Grave No 65), Syria
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Patrick and Elizabeth Kennedy, 129 Fitzgerald Street, St Albans, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine, Syria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 40, p. 2

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