John Arnold Kiernan

Private

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Henry Willis Kiernan and Eunice Lorenna Kiernan, of Winchester Street, Levin, Wellington. Also served in Egypt and at Gallipoli.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Private Arnold John Kiernan (killed in action) was the eldest son of Mr H. W. Kiernan, for some years postmaster at Balclutha. latterly at Apia, Samoa, and now relieving postmaster in the Auckland district. Private Kiernan enlisted at Invercargill, being then employed in the Telephone Exchange. He went as a member of the Special Signalling Corps attached to the 6th Reinforcements. On arrival in Egypt he was transferred to the Engineers, and later went to Gallipoli, remaining on the peninsula until the evacuation. Later he was included in the first New Zealand drafts to be sent from Egypt to France. He was born in Nelson, and was twenty-six years of age." [New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 9486, 21 October 1916, Page 3]

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Casualty

Service Number:

4/1053

Name:

John Arnold Kiernan

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs E.L. Kiernan (mother), Post-office, Balclutha, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

173 Tweed Street, Invercargill, New Zealand

Unit:

NZEF, Otago Regiment, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

21 September 1916

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

6th Reinforcements

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

14 August 1915

Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28

Vessel:

Willochra or Tofua

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

Cemetery Location:

France