Thank you to all who responded. It has been an international effort to get to this point, very interesting and a good cautionary tale. Don't believe this 2010 headstone. The headstone needs to be sent back to the States and melted down. It is not KENNEDY, Capt. F&S 19 GA Infantry American Confederate Army Officer buried at Inangahua Cemetery, South Island, New Zealand but another Alexander John Kennedy buried at Inangahua in 1903 but how did the rumor get started in the newspaper in 1903?

Cheers,
Olwyn
Kiwi in TX