Thomas Walker Kearse

Forenames

Thomas Walker AWMM

Surname

Kearse AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2382 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

15 December 1893

Public - Lyn - Other relative - 18 January 2025 - Military Personnel File

Place of birth

Westport, South Island, New Zealand

Public - Lyn - Other relative - 18 January 2025 - Military Personnel File

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

T.W. Kearse (father), care of Mrs J. Darly, 25 Owen Street, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2382 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM

Next of Kin: Mrs C. L. Asselin, Millers Point, Sydney (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

25 Oct 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Codford (St Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England AWMM

Memorial name

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/R18055602
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/406621/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/406621
  Further Reference

References

• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 384
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.