Thomas Ralph Eastwood
I whānau mai i te 10 May 1890 - I mate atu i te 15 Feb 1959
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 15/202 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Major/Military AWMM
- WW2 General/Military AWMM
- Pakanga
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Thomas Ralph AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Eastwood AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWI 15/202 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
- 10 May 1890 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
- Pre 05 Aug 1914 AWMM Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
- Soldier/Military AWMM
- Uri kiritahi
- Major de Crespigny Eastwood, Hyde End, Brenton, Kent, England AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- Kauhanga riri
- Samoa AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- France and Germany (TBC) AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 15/202 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Enlisted with British Rifle Brigade, 1910. AWMM
- Sent to NZ as Aide-de-Camp to Governor-General, 1912. AWMM
- Captain, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB) AWMM
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
03 Jun 1919 AWMM
London Gazette. Citation: "For distinguished service in connection military operations in France and Flanders." AWMM - Military Cross (MC) AWMM
29 Sep 1916 AWMM
London Gazette. AWMM - Knight of Justice of the Order of St John (KStJ) AWMM
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Defence Medal AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 with oak leaf AWMM
- King George V Silver Jubilee Medal 1935 AWMM
- Coronation Medal 1937 AWMM
- Grand Cross, Order of Merit of Adolphe of Nassau (Luxembourg) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Four Times AWMM
London Gazette 28 January 1916, p1207 | London Gazette 4 January 1917, p195, Rec No 356 | London Gazette 11 December 1917, p12912, Rec No 2769 | London Gazette 20 December 1918, p14926 : In connection with the operations described in General I. Hamilton’s despatch AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 05 Aug 1914 AWMM Soldier/Military 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 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Headquarters Staff AWMM 3rd Reinforcements 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
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 1918 AWMM Major/Military AWMM
- WW2 1947 AWMM General/Military AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Eastwood was a British citizen who enlisted with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) at the outbreak of World War 1. This was most likely because from 1912 he had been stationed in NZ as the Aide-de-camp for the NZ Governor-General. He served with NZEF from 1914-1918. He attained the rank of Major while with the NZ Forces.
Eastwood rejoined the British Army on 17 October 1918.
Served in North Russia, 1919.
Served Aldershot, Cork and Staff College.
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, 1927.
Promoted to Colonel and appointed Commandant of Rifle Brigade Depot, 1931.
Commanding Officer (CO) of 2 Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), 1934.
General Staff Officer grade 1 (GSO1) 2 Division, 1936.
Commandant of Royal Military College (RMC) Sandhurst, 1938.
Promoted to Major General and appointed Division Commander, 1940.
Vice Chief, General Staff, 1940.
Director General of the British Home Guard, 1940-41.
Promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Northern Command (UK), 1941.
Served with British Expeditionary Force (BEF), France, during World War 2.
Promoted to General and served as Governor and Commander in Chief, Gibraltar, 1944.
Retired 1947.
Registered Justice of the Peace (JP).
Serial Number is not recorded on Nominal Roll 1 Page 208. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 15 Feb 1959 AWMM
Age 68 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
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- 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
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20999902
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130151.html
Further Reference - Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q284942
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 208 - 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. 1: Includes portrait - McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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