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Cenotaph record

Thomas James Hiatt Alderton

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Autographs collected by Sergeant Bernard McGeehan - 'Officers and friends of B. McGeehan 3rd Auckland Regiment, Radio Station, Apia, Samoa' - No known copyright restrictions

Autographs collected by Sergeant Bernard McGeehan - 'Officers and friends of B. McGeehan 3rd Aucklan …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas James Hiatt AWMM
  • Surname
    Alderton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Thomas James Healt AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 1/561 AWMM
    • WWI 16202 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 August 1891 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW1 Pre 11 August 1914 AWMM A.R. Donald (Limited), Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 Pre 7 September 1915 AWMM A.R. Donald (Limited), Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Company secretary/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Thomas Alderton, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 Thomas Alderton, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Samoa AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 1/561 AWMM
    • WWI 16202 AWMM
  • Military service
    • Sergeant Major, Blemheim Rifle Volunteers AWMM
    • 12th Nelson Regiment AWMM
    • 3rd Auckland Regiment AWMM
    • Territorial Service from 1919 AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 11 August 1914 AWMM Clerk AWMM
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    • WW1 7 September 1915 AWMM Clerk 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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
    France, severe gunshot wound shoulder October 1917, admitted to Brockenhurst AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    • WW1 15 April 1915 AWMM
      At own request AWMM
      Private AWMM
    • WW2 31 October 1919 AWMM
      Transferred to Reserve AWMM
      Lieutenant/Military AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served 4 years 304 days

    Name incorrectly typed as Healt on the Nominal Roll 1 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    18 January 1963 AWMM
    Age 71 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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