Tom Searchfield

Forenames

Tom AWMM

Surname

Searchfield AWMM

Also known as

Tom Searchfield AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2910 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

15 Nov 1894 New Zealand War Graves Project

Next of kin

WW1 Frank Searchfield (father), Cardwell Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 08 Jan 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2910 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 Carter/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 19 Oct 1915 New Zealand War Graves Project

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Trooper AWMM 9th Reinforcements Auckland Mounted Rifles, A Squadron AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

25 Oct 1917 AWMM Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Son of Mr Frank Henry Searchfield and Caroline Matilda Searchfield (nee Taylor), of Cardwell St., Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand.

Brothers Roy Searchfield (23/1179) and Tom Searchfield (13/2910), were killed in World War 1.

Listed as J. Searchfield on the Ahuroa memorial

Previously employed as Carter by Bray & Company, Captain Street, Onehunga

Next of Kin: Mr F. Searchfield, Cardwell St, Onehunga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

25 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Divisional Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM L. 23. AWMM

Memorial name

Family plot
Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 23 August 2015 - Personal visit

Memorial reference

Area 1 Block J Lot No 21

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 23 August 2015 - Auckland City Council Libraries online cemetery database; http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/cemeteries/cemetery.html

Memorial name

• Onehunga War Memorial Swimming Pool, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Onehunga Arch of Remembrance, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Ahuroa, WW1 and WW2, Warkworth RSA, Warkworth AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Onehunga Returned and Services Association, 57 Princes Street, Onehunga, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7815531
  Further Reference
• Onehunga War Memorial and Book of Honour Index
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/OHB063/searchonehunga.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/93393/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/93393
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  21: 4
• 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
• NZWGT: Information supplied by the New Zealand War Graves Trust as part of the New Zealand War Graves project. This project was established in 2006 to record in text and photographs the 31,758 New Zealanders who have been identifed as serving with New Zealand or Allied forces, and who died in conflicts from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) up to the present day and in peacekeeping operations.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 37. Quinn's Post. New Zealand troopship magazine. As transport no. 37 the "Maunganui" carried the 9th Reinforcements, departing New Zealand 8 January 1916 and arriving Suez 8 February 1916. O.C. Troops was Capt. W.T. Joll and Ship's Master Capt. L. Worrall.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.