William Evans Thomas

Forenames

William Evans AWMM

Surname

Thomas AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/960 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM The Lions, Wellesley Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Miss Maud Chignell (sister), Y.W.C.A., Auckland, 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 13/960 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 Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM
• WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

William Thomas was the husband of Mrs. J. E. Thomas, of 1 Sawyers Creek Road, Greymouth, New Zealand.

Served in Egypt 1915, and Gallipoli

Wounded at Gallipoli, died at Auckland, 24 May 1916.

Died after discharge from the N.Z.E.F. from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service.

Next of Kin: Miss M. Chignall, Y. W. C. A. Auckld (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

24 May 1916 AWMM
Age  47 AWMM

Cemetery

Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Ang. Block F, Row 9, Grave 33. 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/R7825359
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643080/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643080
  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: 720
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.