TENNENT, Kenneth Boor
(Service number 7/1320)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 18/10/1891 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | Cattle Valley, Fairlie | ||
| Occupation | Runholder | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | R. C. TENNENT (father), Bsnk of New South Wales, Invercargill | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 6th Reinforcements | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 14 August 1915 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | |||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
Award Circumstances and Date
For acts of gallantry in the Field under authority delegated. 31 January 1918
Prisoner of War Information
| Date of Capture | |
|---|---|
| Where Captured and by Whom | |
| Actions Prior to Capture | |
| PoW Serial Number | |
| PoW Camps | |
| Days Interned | |
| Liberation Date |
Death
| Date | 16 October 1945 | Age | 53 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | Of Nelson | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Karori, Wellington | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Kenneth Boor Tennent was the son of Robert Collings and Emily Mary (née Boor) Tennent. He was educated at Timaru Main School and Timaru Boys' High School. Kenneth married Mary Warren in 1927. Kenneth Tennent was selected as the National party candidate for the newly formed Otahuhu seat in 1938. He was one of four brothers who served in World War I, the others being Leonard Cowper, Harold Douglas and Hugh Cowper, and a cousin of Bernard Charles Tennent who died in 1918. Kenneth was awarded the Military Medal and was mentioned in despatches. He sawservice in World War II also. Ken Tennent wrote a touching letter to Mr Carr on the deaths of his sons Joe and Owen in 1918.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [07 July 2018]; NZ BDM indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [07 July 2018]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [09 July 2018]; ref. Press, 28 July 1915, Otago Daily Times, 15 March 1918, Waimate Daily Advertiser, 2 July 1918, Auckland Star, 9 June 1938 (Papers Past) [19 June 2018; 09 July 2018]
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
Currently Assigned to
Not assigned.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.