Thomas Eric Catchpole

Forenames

Thomas Eric AWMM

Surname

Catchpole AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/549 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Birth

22 Jul 1891 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Matahuru, Ohiewai, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

A.B. Catchpole, Mokoia, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/549 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 8 AWMM Vessel was Star of India AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM
• Arrived Zietoun, Egypt
  Public - Frances Olwen Bea - Other Relative - 8 July 2015 - From letters sent home by Thomas (known as Eric) to his mother and sister.

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21893044
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679822/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679822
  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: 117
• 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
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• 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.