Thomas Ryce KENNEDY

Regimental number7/1253
AddressWinchester, Canterbury
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Kennedy, Winchester, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unit8th (South Canterbury) Squadron, Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBeersheba War Cemetery (Row B, Grave No 6), Israel
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Michael and Ellen Kennedy, Murry Street, Temuka, South Canterbury
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Sixth