William Alfred Thomas

Forenames

William Alfred AWMM

Surname

Thomas AWMM

Service number

• South African 3291 AWMM
• WWI 18896 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

15 Nov 1876 AWMM

Address before enlistment

• South African Unknown AWMM Houhora, Mangonui, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Pukerau North Auckland AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Edith A. Thomas (wife), Essex Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 30 Jan 1901 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 26 Jul 1916 AWMM Married AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• South African 3291 AWMM
• WWI 18896 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 clasps) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa 14 Jan 1901 AWMM
  Age  24 AWMM
  Settler/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 08 Feb 1916 AWMM
  Age  39 AWMM
  Settler/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa 30 Jan 1901 AWMM
  Cornwall AWMM Vessel was Cornwall AWMM Private AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 6th Contingent, 16 Company (Auckland Section) AWMM New Zealand Contingent AWMM
• WW1 26 Jul 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 59 or HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata or Ulimaroa AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM 15th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• Pre WW1 11 May 1902 AWMM Private AWMM
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 6th Contingent, 16 Company (Auckland Section) AWMM
• WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM
  Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Death

2 Feb 1917 AWMM
Age  40 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

• Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Nord, France AWMM K. 43. AWMM
• Y Farm Military Cemetery France AWMM

Memorial name

• Memorial plaque, St Barnabas (Anglican) Church , 283 Mt Eden Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/193456/william-alfred-thomas/
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7825356
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880995
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand and the South African War.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• South African Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20523780
  Further Reference

References

• Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  37: 3
• Ahier, William Roland. War diary, 1917. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2004/76.
  References in Ahier, War diary, 1917. p. 4 January 1917; 2, 3 February 1917
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.