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KENNARD, Thomas
(Service number 23194)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	13/01/1876	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Waimate
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary KENNARD (mother), Waimate, South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	4th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, H Company
Date	27 May 1916
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

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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
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	9 August 1943	Age	67 years
Place of Death	Waimate
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Old Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Kennard was born on 13 January 1876, the son of Thomas and Mary (née McNicol) Kennard. He was an uncle of Donald McNicol Kennard who also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 July 2017]; Waimate Old Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [18 July 2017]

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