KENNEDY, Armstrong
(Service number 14906)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 10/04/1887 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 8 bowen Street, St Kilda, Dunedin | ||
| Occupation | Bank clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Margaret KENNEDY (mother), Hoylake, Sophia Street, Timaru | ||
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, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 26 June 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 21 November 1966 | Age | 79 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Armstrong Kennedy was the youngest son of Robert and Margaret (née Armstrong) Kennedy. His father, who was the bailiff in Timaru for 31 years, died in January 1908. Armstrong married Margaret Jeanette Anderson, known as Pearl, in 1922. His brother John also served in World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [16 March 2019]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [17 March 2019]
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