Thomas Flint York
Born 11 Nov 1880 - Died 25 Dec 1915
- Service number
- WWI 23/657 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Rifleman AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Thomas Flint AWMM
- Surname
- York AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 23/657 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 11 Nov 1880 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 11 November 1880Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 29 August 2015 - Archives New Zealand; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21256853
- Place of birth
- Christchurch, New ZealandPublic - Sarndra - Researcher - 29 August 2015 - Archives New Zealand; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21256853
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Ngahere, Waimate, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs M.D. York (wife), Ngahere, Waimate, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 23/657 AWMM
- Military service
- 1915 Gallipoli; 1916 Egyptian (25.12.1915)Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 29 August 2015 - Archives New Zealand; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21256853
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal
Victory MedalPublic - Sarndra - Researcher - 29 August 2015 - Archives New Zealand; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21256853 - 1914-1915 StarPublic - Sarndra - Researcher - 29 August 2015 - Archives New Zealand; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21256853
- British War Medal
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Rifleman York was one of the first six members of the Rifle Brigade to be killed in Egypt (Austin, 1924) AWMM
- Married Miss Maggie Watson BROWN, spinster on 5 July 1906 at Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand. Daughter Janet born 1907 and son Thomas born 1910.Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 29 August 2015 - Archives New Zealand; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21256853
About death
- Death
- 25 Dec 1915 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM E 159 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- "Rifleman Thomas Flint York, of the 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action against the Senussi, on the Egyptian border, on Christmas Day, was a son of Mr Thomas York, of Woolston, and was 36 years old. He was educated at Christ's College.
He was engaged in farming in the Wairarapa and, latterly, at Waimate.
Rifleman York married a daughter of the late Mr D. H. Brown, of Fendalton. His wife and two children live at Waimate."Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 29 August 2015 - National Library of New Zealand; Paperspast portal; Sun, Volume II, Issue 597, 8 January 1916, Page 8; http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=SUNCH19160108.2.45&srpos=3&e=-------10--1----2thomas+flint+york-- - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, L T Watkins. Digital copy
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-NZRi.html
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22023373
Further Reference - Austin, W.S. (1924). 1st Battalion at Mersa Matruh, Egypt
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-NZRi-t1-body-d2-d3.html
Further Reference - SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=2494
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/110242/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/110242
Further Reference
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, L T Watkins. Digital copy
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 805 - 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 - Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
- HMNZT 30 - The Periscope : unofficial mouthpiece of the 1st Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) and Divisional Ammunition Column -- At sea : Officers & men of the Reinforcement : 1915
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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