Michael Tobin

Forenames

Michael AWMM

Surname

Tobin AWMM

Also known as

Michael Tobin AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1639 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

1880  BDM 1880/9377

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 08 Oct 1915 AWMM Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mr William Tobin (brother), Public Works Department, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Dec 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1639 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 08 Oct 1915 AWMM Miner/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Ruapehu 18 December 1915 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Sapper AWMM Reinforcements, No. 3 Relief AWMM New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 9 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  11 stone 8 pounds AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Blue AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Fair AWMM
• Dental, Unknown Period AWMM
  bad teeth AWMM
• Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died from broncho pneumonia AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 9" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  162 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company AWMM

Death

15 Apr 1916  BDM 1918/70109
Age  35 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Sickness AWMM

Cemetery

Beauval Communal Cemetery, Somme, France AWMM A. 26. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22016342
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/35103/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/35103
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 728
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.