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Cenotaph record

Thomas Halkett

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Halkett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 18468 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 October 1868 Military personnel file Scotland, United Kingdom Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Royal Street, Timaru AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs C. Halkett (wife), Royal Street, Timaru AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 18468 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 10 August 1916 AWMM Baker/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • 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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  • Thomas Halkett was married to Catherine Finch, and was the father of Edward, Francis and John. Biography provided by the Timaru Museum SCRoll project. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 February 1922 Timaru Cemetery
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Timaru Cemetery Gentral Section, Row 34, Plot 497 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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