Thomas Arnold Blake
Born 25 Aug 1882 - Died 16 Sept 1966
- Service number
- 13/637 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Inter War Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Veterinary Corps AWMM
- WW2 Major/Military AWMM New Zealand Army AWMM
- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Thomas Arnold AWMM
- Surname
- Blake AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- 13/637 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 25 Aug 1882 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 25 Aug 1914 AWMM Department of Agriculture, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- Veterinary Surgeon/Civilian AWMM
Veterinary Surgeon, Live Stock and Meat Division, Department of Agriculture AWMM - Next of kin
- Mrs Blake (wife), The Deverells, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Married AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- France and Germany (TBC) AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 13/637 AWMM
- Military service
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Coronation Medal 1937 AWMM
- Efficiency Decoration (ED) AWMM
Efficiency Decoration (ED). General Orders 148, 1937. Major, NZ Veterinary Corps. AWMM - New Zealand Territorial Service Medal AWMM
New Zealand Territorial Service Medal. General Orders 186, 23 July 1932. Captain, NZ Veterinary Corps. AWMM - New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM
New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal. General Orders 185, 29 July 1932. Captain, NZ Veterinary Corps. AWMM - Croix de Guerre (Belgium) AWMM
Croix de Guerre (Belgian). London Gazette 12 July 1918, p 8191. For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign. AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 25 Aug 1914 AWMM Veterinary Surgeon/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 3-12 AWMM Vessel was Unknown Ship AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Veterinary Corps AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
March 1917 admitted mumps, slight. AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
December 1918 admitted congestion. AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Inter War 20 Aug 1919 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand Veterinary Corps AWMM - WW2 Unknown AWMM Major/Military AWMM
New Zealand Army AWMM
- Inter War 20 Aug 1919 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Husband of Mabel Constance (Connie) nee Deane
Emigrated to New Zealand in 1911 aged 29, after three years in Rangoon, Burma as a meat inspector.
He married Connie on the 29 August 1915 in Zeitoun Camp. The couple were presented with a wedding gift from the farrier staff of the Auckland Mounted Rifles of a table cloth of Egyptian workmanship with the regimental crest worked in the centre.
During WW1 he served in New Zealand 80 days and overseas 4 years 281 days, total service 4 years 281 days.
In WW2 he served at Waiouru May 1941, at Auckland Headquarters until about July 1944.
Details of service in WW2 partially redacted in his service record. Whilst he is listed at embarkation as Veterinary Corps his service number prefix is 13/ for the Auckland Mounted Rifles not the 17/ for the NZ Army Veterinary Corps. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 16 Sept 1966 AWMM
Age 84 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Hamilton Park Cemetery, Totara Services (Returned Services) Lawn, 395 Morrinsville Road, Newstead, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM RSA-UNSPEC-O AWMM
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22276702
Further Reference - Obituary: James, J.P. (1966). Thomas Arnold Blake, T.D., M.R.C.V.S., New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 14:11, p. 200.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00480169.1966.36643
Further Reference - Wedding in the desert. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, 5 November 1915, Page 3
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HNS19151105.2.6&srpos
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Information kindly provided by family
- McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
- Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 60 - Taylor, N.W. The Roll of the ED and EM to New Zealanders (unpublished)
- Polaschek, A. NZ Long Service Awards (unpublished)
- New Zealand Veterinary Journal
- [Major Thomas A. Blake Photographs] PH-2014-69-1. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira.
- Homeward bound : S.S. Briton. As transport H.M.N.Z.T. No. 268 the S.S. "Briton" departed Tilbury, London, 17 June 1919.
- 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.
- 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.
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