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Thomas Smith

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 27), Page: 8 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Thomas Smith AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 25/1818 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 October 1885 AWMM Portsmouth, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 29 November 1915 AWMM Highland House, Oxford Street, Lyttleton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs T. Smith (mother), 6 Havant Street, Portsea, Plymouth, England AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 29 November 1915 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Seaman 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 10 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      170 pounds AWMM
    • Tattoos, Unknown Period AWMM
      tattooed both forearms AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      dark AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      September 1915, wounded right arm AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Brittania tattooed on right forearm. Union flag on left forearm. Public - Keith - Researcher - 7 June 2021 - .

      Royal Navy Register of Seaman's Services
      Archive Reference: ADM 188/394/223657

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John and Catherine Smith, of 64, Abingdon Rd., Southsea, England

    Served 8 years with the Royal navy as a seaman and torpedoman

    Described on his medical as "a very suitable man". AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
18 November 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
07 June 2021KeithLondonResearcher

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