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Thomas Arthur Cornish

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Cornish AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    40946 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    abt. 1905 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - Estimated from aged at death
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of William John Cornish and of Mary Jane Cornish (nee Braid) Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/thomas-arthur-cornish
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 333 Ormond Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs V.L. Cornish (wife), C/o Mrs O. Smith, 7 Grotto Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • husband of Violet Lilian Cornish, of Onehunga, Auckland Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/thomas-arthur-cornish

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    40946 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Thomas Cornish was the son of William John Cornish and of Mary Jane Cornish (nee Braid); husband of Violet Lilian Cornish, of Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM
    • From a letter written by L/Cpl D McKENZIE
      Having passed through the campaign in Greece and Crete. Now Zealand soldiers in the Middle East are hard put to it at times to spend their leisure while awaiting further action. One group of Gisborneites. however, has found an agreeable means of keeping a civilian enthusiasm going, according to a letter received by Mr. and Mrs. S. McKenzie. from their son, Lance-Corporal D. McKenzie.
      "Things being at a loose end, Geoll McConnell and I, Allan Morrison, and Tom Cornish, all of Gisborne, went to the Gerira Sports Club to have a game of bowls on Friday. We played full rinks, making up the teams with sailors, and had a great game,’’ writes the Gisborne soldier. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - BOWLS IN EGYPT
      GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVIII, ISSUE 20575, 1 OCTOBER 1941, PAGE 10
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 June 1942 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM III. B. 7. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2093163
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 4: WW2 78 AWMM

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28 June 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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