TINEY, Kenneth
(Service number 14701)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Rifleman |
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Birth
| Date | 17 March 1894 | Place of Birth | Peel Forest, Canterbury |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Bushman | ||
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| Next of Kin | Michael Tiney (father), Arundel, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 14th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company | ||
| Date | 26 June 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, 3rd | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 February 1917 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | France | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Kenneth Tiney was the son of Michael and Ellen Tiney (nee McLeod), of Arundel, Canterbury, New Zealand
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, August 2013, CWGC; SCRoll web submission by S Ensor, 7 August 2021
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