Percival Gordon Tonks

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Percival Gordon AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Tonks AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 86391 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Cricket Street, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs Edith Daisy Tonks (wife), C/o Mrs E. Townsend, 139 Britomart Street, Berhampore, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 86391 AWMM

Te urunga

Freezer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

Private AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died from broncho pneumonia AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
New Zealand Training Unit, 46th Reinforcements AWMM

Private Percival Tonks was the husband of E. D. Henderson, of Karaka Rd., Thames.

Prior to enlistment he was employed at the Freezing Works at Waingawa.

Next of Kin: Mrs E. D. Henderson, Karaka Rd, Thames (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

18 Nov 1918 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of Sickness AWMM

Urupā

Featherston Cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM Grave 612 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22012817
  Further Reference
• At Featherston Camp. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 123, 20 November 1918, Page 2
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181120.2.13.1&srpos
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. Featherston War Memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643563/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643563
  Further Reference
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• The Evening Post
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18