Thomas James McBride

Forenames

Thomas James AWMM

Surname

McBride AWMM

Service number

• WWI 71188 AWMM
• WWI 71158 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs E. McBride (mother), 148B Castle Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 71188 AWMM
• WWI 71158 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 02 Mar 1918-08 Apr 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 101 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 35th Reinforcements, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Thomas McBride was the son of Archibald and Emily McBride, of 148B Castle St., Dunedin, New Zealand. His brother Archibald also fell. AWMM

Death

8 Oct 1918 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Le Cateau, France AWMM V. C. 3. AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10922503
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  80: 8
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.