Thomas Handley Rae

Forenames

Thomas Handley AWMM

Surname

Rae AWMM

Also known as

Tom AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/3453 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

10 Sept 1892 Public Source

Date of birth

10 September 1892

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Place of birth

Herekino

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Address before enlistment

Mercer

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Post war occupation

Killed in Action

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Next of kin

• Mrs A. Rae (mother), Hikutaia, Thames, New Zealand AWMM
• Mr Thos Rae (father)
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Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/3453 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Thomas Rae was the son of Thomas and Anne Rae of Beresford Street, Pukekohe.

Next of Kin: Mr T. Rae, Pukekohe, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

4 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM I. A. 23 AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Mercer First World War Memorial, corner of Roose Road and Riverbank Road, Mercer AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20803878
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/579153/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/579153
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  21: 17
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
• HMNZT 37. Quinn's Post. New Zealand troopship magazine. As transport no. 37 the "Maunganui" carried the 9th Reinforcements, departing New Zealand 8 January 1916 and arriving Suez 8 February 1916. O.C. Troops was Capt. W.T. Joll and Ship's Master Capt. L. Worrall.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.