John Kenna

1876-1943

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

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 66

22 December 1943

Sources

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.

How to cite this page

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