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Thomas Gaffney

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  • Service number
    • WWI 10/348 AWMM
    • WWI 10/348A AWMM
    • WWI 517 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 251 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Gaffney AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 10/348 AWMM
    • WWI 10/348A AWMM
    • WWI 517 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 August 1878 Military Personnel File Sligo, Ireland (Eire) Military Personnel File
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Waikanae, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Public Works Department (P.W.D.) employee/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Michael Gaffney, Police-station, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 10/348 AWMM
    • WWI 10/348A AWMM
    • WWI 517 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW1 POW - Bilemedik Pozanti, Turkey New Zealand High Commission, (1917).
    Hadji-Kiri, No. 517 AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Serial Number appears as 10/348 in Nominal Rolls, as 10/348A in Archives New Zealand AWMM
    • Private Thomas Gaffney - of the Wellington Infantry Regiment - was captured by Turkish Forces on 8 August 1915 at Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, Turkey. He was held as a POW - of the Turkish - at Hadji-Kiri, Bilemedik Station, Pozanti (POW # 517) until the end of hostilities. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 17 April 2018 - Reference : "New Zealanders Captured by the Ottomans" : NZ History Online : www.nzhistory.org.nz : And also "New Zealand and World War One Prisoners of War - Turkey : www.sooty.nz/nzww1prisonersturkey.html
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Death

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  • Death
    29 July 1939 Military Personnel File
    Age 60 AWMM
    Military Personnel File
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Karori, Wellington AWMM Plot 103 Z, Roman Catholic Section AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand High Commission (Great Britain). (1917). A short sketch of the work of the New Zealand Prisoners of War Department in London and of other undertakings connected with the war. London, England: High Commissioner for New Zealand. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 251 AWMM
    • Health, Welfare, etc. - Repatriation of Prisoners of War including statements giving circumstances of capture and treatment in captivity, 29 September 1915 - 5 February 1919. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, 10/75 (R25103206) AWMM
      New Zealand Prisoners of War in Turkey AWMM

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28 April 2021verneKhandallahDirect descendant
17 April 2018JeniferWairarapaResearcher

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