Alexander Thomason

Forenames

Alexander AWMM

Surname

Thomason AWMM

Also known as

Alexander Thomason AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/881 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

19th December 1893

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 November 2024 - Military record

Place of birth

Tasmania

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 November 2024 - Military record

Birth notes

Son of John Ingram & Alice Jane THOMASON

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Rotoorangi, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

John Thomason (father), Rotoorangi, Leamington, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/881 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Alexander Thomason was the son or J. Thomason, of Maungakaramea, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Thomason, Maungakaramea (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

19 Sept 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe, Somme, France AWMM Sp. Mem. 12. AWMM

Memorial name

• Hautapu RSA Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Leamington, Cambridge AWMM
• Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
• Cambridge World War One War Memorials 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/R7825381
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/272717/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/272717
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 720
• 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
• 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.