MABEN, Keppock Macdonald
(Service number 18913)
| First Rank | Second Lieutenant | Last Rank | Captain |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | School teacher | ||
| Previous Military Experience | Cadets (at school; non-commissioned officer; senior sergeant of his company). | ||
| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs B. M. MABEN (mother), Park Lane, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 6th reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company | ||
| Date | 29 July 1916 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata or Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 26 August 1918 | Age | 22 yrs |
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| Place of Death | Bapaume, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France; Memorial stone on grave of uncle (Walter Halli-Burton MacDonald) in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland. | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Timaru Boys High School Memorial; Waimataitai School War Memorial (as MABIN K. MC) | ||
Biographical Notes
Youngest son of Mrs F. M. MABEN. Educated at Timaru Main School & Timaru Boys High School. On teaching staff at Waimataitai School when he joined the 14th Reinforcements as a lieutenant (1916). Last rank held listed as Temporary Captain. Brother Thomas William MABEN also served in WWI.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [18 November 2013]; CWGC [18 November 2013]; Timaru Herald, 10 January 1916, 09 September 1918, 11 & 14 September 1918, 26 August 1919 (Papers Past) [04 November 2013; 13 March 2014]
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