The first aid kit has a World War II soldier’s name on it, E Kennedy #378052, but the diary does not. Ernest William Kennedy was from Southland. ”If I can’t find them, I’ll give them to an RSA or a museum,” he said. Kennedy died on October 1, 1992, at age 71. He shares a grave with his wife Dulcie and son Ronald at Eastern Cemetery in Invercargill. The online cenotaph Auckland War Memorial records showed Kennedy was a carpenter's apprentice in Invercargill before enlisting with the army. His next of kin was Mrs J Kennedy, of Mary St, Otautau. Jamie Searle/Stuff