Ben Thorn

Forenames

Ben AWMM

Surname

Thorn AWMM

Also known as

Ben Thorn AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/301 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

11 May 1896 Public Source

Date of birth

11 May 1896

Public - John - Other relative - 19 December 2016 - Register of Baptisms, Parish of St Ann's Tottenham, Middlesex, England, Pg. 73, No. 578.

Place of birth

18 Station Road, New Southgate, Middlesex, England

Public - John - Other relative - 19 December 2016 - Register of Baptisms, Parish of St Ann's Tottenham, Middlesex, England, Pg. 73, No. 578.

Birth notes

Son of Ben THORN and Jessie PANNELL

Public - John - Other relative - 19 December 2016 - Register of Baptisms, Parish of St Ann's Tottenham, Middlesex, England, Pg. 73, No. 578.

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Wharepoa Road, Waihi, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Ben Thorn, senior (father), Waitete Road, Waihi, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/301 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  For gallantry and devotion to duty during the Gravenstafel operations on October 4th 1917. This man showed exceptional bravery and coolness under heavy fire and with his squad time after time cleared the front of wounded men. His coolness and bravery was a fine example to his squad and he was instrumental in bringing back many men lying in the open exposed to heavy shellfire. AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
  London Gazette 15 December 1917, p13201, Rec No 1452 AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM A Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps, 1 Field Ambulance AWMM

Son of Ben and Jessie Thorn, of Seddon Avenue, Waihi, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt.

Next of Kin: Mr B. Thorn, Waitete Rd, Waihi (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

20 Nov 1917 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 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/R7826123
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1737539/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1737539
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 725
• 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
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• 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