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MARTIN, Kennedy Russell
(Service number 49424)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	21/12/1896	Place of Birth	Wellington

Enlistment Information

Date		Age	20 yrs 1 mth
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Engineer
Previous Military Experience	Southland Senior Cadets
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	J. K. MARTIN (father), Care of Ballantyne and Co., Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 11 inches. Weight 159 lbs. Chest measurement 33-37 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair fair. Eyes both 6/6. Hearing and colour vision both good. Limbs and chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Slight vein. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No fits. Assessed as Fit.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	28th Reinforcements Specialists Company, Machine-Gun Section
Date	14 July 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

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

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Angina. March 1919 diptheria.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	11 May 1991	Age	94 yrs
Place of Death	Motueka
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Whakapuaka, Nelson, Crematorium
Memorial Reference	Warrant No. 4203
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Kennedy Russell MARTIN was the eldest son of John Kennedy and Rose (nee FORAN) KENNEDY. He had previously been rejected for the Military Forces because of varicose veins. Kennedy returned to New Zealand aboard the "Chupra", one of 732 soldiers due at Lyttelton about July 22nd, 1919. On his return he underwent a dental examination, in June 1919; at this time his address was Waipori Falls, Otago. His medical condition was sound and unchanged. He had prior to this been treated for angina and diptheria.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [03 September 2014]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5562 0132833) [07 September 2014]; ; Timaru Herald, 7 July 1919 (Papers Past) [01 September 2013]

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