St John Alexander Molesworth Tolhurst
I whānau mai i te Jul 1881 - I mate atu i te 8 May 1918
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 3/746 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Alexander Molesworth Tolhurst AWMM
- Alexander Molesworth AWMM
- Alexander Molesworth Tolhurst AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps (attached New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion) AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- St John Alexander Molesworth AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Tolhurst AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Alexander Molesworth Tolhurst AWMM
- Alexander Molesworth AWMM
- Alexander Molesworth Tolhurst AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 3/746 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- Jul 1881 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM 7 Courtenay Place, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs M.H.F. Tolhurst (wife), C/o Messrs. Young and Tripe, Solicitors, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs Margaret Hope F. Tolhurst (wife), C/o Young and Tripe, Solicitors, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs M.H.F. Tolhurst (wife), C/o Messrs. Young and Tripe, Solicitors, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 10 Jul 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
Married, 1 child AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 3/746 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 Surgeon/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Surgeon/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Surgeon/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 Hospital Ship No. 1, 1st Voyage from NZ AWMM Vessel was Maheno AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM Not known AWMM
- WW1 10 Nov 1916 AWMM
Hospital Ship No. 2, 2nd Voyage from NZ AWMM Vessel was HMHS Marama AWMM Captain/Military AWMM HMHS Marama AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - WW1 Hospital Ship No. 2, 3rd Voyage from NZ AWMM Vessel was HMHS Marama AWMM Captain/Military AWMM HMHS Marama AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps (attached New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion) AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Alexander Tolhurst was the son of George Edmeades and Elizabeth Josephine Tolhurst of Wellington, husband of Margaret Hope Filler nee Bartlett (m 1911) Tolhurst of Wellington.
Captain Tolhurst was attached to the 4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade at the time of his death.
Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F - Records of Matters Concerning the Troops, No. 44, May 24th, 1918 at page 173 records the following
"...Dr A.M. Tolhurst was killed last night. A shell landed in a forward aid post, killing him, Padre Allen and an orderly outright, and wounding others. The body was brought back, and he will be buried to-morrow (May 10th) at Doullens, near General Fulton and Major Purdy. He was very popular and beloved by all the men and his brother officers...."
This brief extract from a private letter received in London brings the sad news of the death of three fine men. Captain Tolhurst was the son of Mr G.E. Tolhurst, so well known in Wellington, and who was for many years general manager of the Union Bank of Australasia. He was a fine handsome man, and will be greatly missed by those who knew him. He leaves a wife and a baby girl and boy, the latter born but two months ago. His brother, Molesworth, is still on service with the N.Z.E.F."
Carbery (1924: page 398) writes "Captain Tolhurst had many friends in the division which he had joined from the hospital ship Maheno late in 1917. He had been with his battalion since early in March."
Birth registered as St John Alexander Molesworth Tolhurst; enlisted as Alexander Molesworth Tolhurst and listed as such on the Nominal Roll and Archives New Zealand. Typo on Marriage entry BDMs Moleworke (April 2010) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 8 May 1918 AWMM
Age 36 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 2, Somme, France AWMM I B 31 AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Memorial plaque, St Paul's Church, No 3 Field Ambulance, 25 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22016408
Further Reference - Capital & Coast District Health Board history and staff web pages.
http://www.ccdhb.org.nz/hhist/staff/TolhurstAM_B.html includes portrait
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/84053/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/84053
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 729 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
42: 1 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
61: 1 - Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F - Records of Matters Concerning the Troops, No. 44, May 24th, 1918, page 173 - Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.
p. 398 - 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. 2: Includes portrait - Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI.
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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