Thomas Saunders

Forenames

Thomas AWMM

Surname

Saunders AWMM

Also known as

Thomas Saunders AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/387 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 10 Smith Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs R. Saunders (mother), 10 Smith Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/387 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Thomas Saunders was the son of Robert Saunders, of Dunedin, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr W. R. Saunders, Commercial U. A. Ack (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

• 28 Jul 1915 AWMM
  Age  42 AWMM
• 28 Jul 1915 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
  Age  41 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

• Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM K. 97. AWMM
• Northern Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 2, Plot 17 AWMM

Memorial name

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/R20809874
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/109786/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/109786
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 643
• 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.
• This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020)
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.