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Thomas Bags Dyke

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Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) erected at the site of the original burials to remember those who died 14 November 1917 from Powles, C.G. (1922). p. 264 - No known copyright restrictions

Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) erected at the site of the original burials to remember those w …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Bags AWMM
  • Surname
    Dyke AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 12557 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Dyke (mother), 30 Walter Street, Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12557 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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    WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • Son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dyke, of Patearoa AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 November 1917 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Palestine, Middle East AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel AWMM B. 60. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Patearoa War Memorial Public - Amanda - Researcher - 28 April 2015 - Patearoa memorial', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/patearoa-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2013
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Ayun Kara Memorial (destroyed), Palestine AWMM

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  • In memory of a Great Uncle I never knew. Your legacy lives on through the large number of photos you sent home before your untimely death
    Public - Ken - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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Sources

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    • HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia". AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      31: 1 AWMM
    • Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM
      Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) erected at the site of the original burials to remember those who died 14 November 1917. (1922), p. 264 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 March 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
23 October 2020AllanRotoruaResearcher
28 April 2015AmandaDunedin, New Zealand Researcher
25 April 2015KenHamilton, New ZealandOther Relative

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