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Thomas Bullick

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Portrait of Thomas Bullick, 1916. Image courtesy of Douglas Bullick (via Tauranga Heritage Collection), Kete Tauranga, Tauranga City Libraries. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Thomas Bullick, 1916. Image courtesy of Douglas Bullick (via Tauranga Heritage Collectio …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Bullick AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 13588 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 March 1882 AWMM Pleasant Point, South Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs J. Bullick (mother), 400 Knight Street, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 13588 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Military Medal (MM) AWMM
      Military Medal - London Gazette, 16 August 1917, p8429, Rec No 940: This man is a Battalion Signaller. During the period 7/9th June he was in charge of a relay post between Battalion Headquaters at Lauwen Molen and the Headquaters of a Battalion in rear. During a hostile counter attack made on the evening of the 8th June the wires were broken several times, and Private Bullick, under very heavy shelling, repaired them each time. His conduct throughout the battle was characterised by a fine conception of duty. AWMM
    • Croix de Guerre (Belgium) AWMM
      Croix de Guerre (Belgium) - London Gazette, 5 April 1919, p4528, Rec No 2841: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Throughout the whole of the operations undertaken by his Battalion between August 24th and September 19th, this N.C.O. showed conspicouous gallantry in carrying out repairs to communications under very heavy shell and machine gun fire. His devotion to duty enabled his Battalion Commander to keep in telephonic communication with advance troops. His work was a splendid example to his men. AWMM
    • Victory Medal AWMM
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Electrician/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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 September 1918 AWMM
    Age 36 AWMM
    Havrincourt, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France AWMM VI C 9 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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

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Sources

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  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      33: 23 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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