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- 1 - BARTHOLOMEW, KENNETH MILLER (56717)
Rank: Rifleman Regiment: New Zealand Rifle Brigade
2 - FULL NAME Kenneth Miller Bartholomew
RANK LAST HELD Rifleman
WAR World War I, 1914-1918
SERIAL NO. 56717
FIRST KNOWN RANK Rifleman
OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT Clerk
NEXT OF KIN Mrs A.T. Bartholomew (wife), Nelson Street, Feilding, New Zealand
BODY ON EMBARKATION New Zealand Rifle Brigade
EMBARKATION UNIT Reinforcements H Company (part)
EMBARKATION DATE 14 July 1917
PLACE OF EMBARKATION Wellington, New Zealand
TRANSPORT HMNZT 89
VESSEL Waitemata
DESTINATION Plymouth, England
NOMINAL ROLL NUMBER 69
PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL 33
LAST UNIT SERVED New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion
PLACE OF DEATH Somme, France
DATE OF DEATH 29 March 1918
CAUSE OF DEATH Killed in action
CEMETERY NAME Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
GRAVE REFERENCE Lonely Brit. Cem. No. 2 Memorial.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: Kenneth Bartholomew was the son of George and Ellen Bartholomew, of Feilding, New Zealand; husband of Annie Te Mann Bartholomew, of 23, Nelson St., Feilding, New Zealand.
DESCRIPTION OF IMAGE: Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918
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3 - RIFLEMAN KENNETH MILLER BARTHOLOMEW.
(Killed in action, March 29, 1918.)
He is not dead, but only sleeping
On that far shore, where war's wild clangours cease—
Our friend, our brother of the gentle presence
Will wake again, where all is heavenly peace.
We walk with softer step the clouded pathway,
Which erst was cheered by his bright word and smile.
Yet have we mem'ries that upbear the burden
And rift the shadows of our "little while."
Whilst here, he loved the songs of Zion,
He'll wake to sing in Heaven's supernal choir,
And to our ears and souls, his voice, yet speaking,
Will find its chord in our fond hearts desire.
And thus we leave our soldier sleeping,
With war's wild tempest now forever o'er,
And wait the coming of the Morning Glory,
Where all is calm on that Elysian shore.
[Papers Past-Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 35189, 27 April 1918]
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