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Cenotaph record

Thomas William Kelcher

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Images of gravestone at Waikumete Cemetery provided by Sarndra Lees 2012 - Image has All Rights Reserved.

Images of gravestone at Waikumete Cemetery provided by Sarndra Lees 2012 - Image has All Rights Rese …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas William AWMM
  • Surname
    Kelcher AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    657 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1873 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Waimate, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Joseph Henry Kelcher AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Farmer/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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • This record has been created from details provided from Archives New Zealand's Archway database http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ and indicates a personnel file is available at Archives New Zealand.

    Father was named Joseph Kelcher. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    28 December 1940 AWMM
    Age 67 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Burial G Row 3, Plot 10 AWMM
    • Waikumete Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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