Thomas John McMahon

Forenames

Thomas John AWMM

Surname

McMahon AWMM

Service number

WWI 12680 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

15th June 1888

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Place of birth

Featherston

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Birth notes

Son of Michael & Julia McMAHON

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Address before enlistment

Kaitoke, Wellington

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Next of kin

Mrs D. Clifford (sister), 67 Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12680 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Stationmaster/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Sapper AWMM 12th Reinforcements New Zealand Signalling Corps AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, Mounted Signal Troop AWMM

Thomas McMahon was the son of Michael and Julia McMahon, of New Zealand. AWMM

Death

4 Nov 1917 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel AWMM C. 58. AWMM

Obituary

McMAHON.—Died of wounds received on 4th November in Palestine, Thomas McMahon. dearly loved brother of Mrs D Clifford. Waldegrave street. R.I.P. “iHis duty done.”

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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1018, 10 November 1917, Page 1

Memorial name

Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10926483
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-412869.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/644879/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/644879
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 14
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".