New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37520

About

Born in Ireland

23 December 1876

Parents

Mother

Margaret Kenna

Father

John Kenna

Settled in New Zealand

1899

Residence

Hometown

Stratford

Work

Occupation

Plumber

Employer

Public Works Department

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 66

22 December 1943

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5541 91/0063567, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 36.

Anthony Byledbal, “John Kenna (1876-1943)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/444