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Thomas Fairfax Carlyle

  • Service number
    4151 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles, 7th Contingent 22 Coy Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
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South African War Memorial, on a wall near RSA entranceway, Gisborne. "Volunteers from Poverty Bay who served in the Sth African War 1899-1902". Image kindly provided by Paul Baker (December 2008). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Thomas Fairfax AWMM
  • Surname
    Carlyle AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    4151 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1879 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1879 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military Record & Free BMD records
  • Place of birth
    St Thomas, Devon, England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Free BMD records
  • Birth notes
    son of Thomas Fairfax F Carlyle & Mary Eliza nee' Williams Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military Record & Free BMD records
  • Address before enlistment
    • South African Waimate Valley, Cook County, Gisborne AWMM
    • Waimata Valley, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    In Northern Nigeria, Africa Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    mother - Mrs Mary Eliza Carlyle of Weston Super Mare, Somerset England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    single
    1916 married Isabel M R Elliot in Bristol, England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military Record & Free BMD records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Transvaal & Orange Free State Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles, 7th Contingent 22 Coy Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military record
  • Service number
    4151 AWMM
  • Military service
    1901-1902 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    1901-1902 SA War Medal with clasps Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • South Africa Shepherd/Civilian NZHistory.net
    • 24 Feb 1901 - medical performed at Gisborne, in which he declares himself to be from Hastings Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    22 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military record

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
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Sailed For UK AWMM
    • 28 June 1902 - Thomas F Carlyle with other non-commissioned NZ Officers sailed to England on the ship 'Harlech Castle'. He later took up a Government position in Nigeria. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - Military Record

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Gisborne's SA Boer Memorial & Hawke's Bay's SA Boer Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 August 2015 - Refer to Documents attached concerning these Memorials
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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20 August 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
19 August 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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