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Cenotaph record

Thomas Kearton

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Wreath, 1999, laid by the Greek Community on the Cenotaph in Auckland and later moved to the Hall of Memories, Auckland War Memorial Museum on Anzac Day 1999 in memory of those who died in Greece. - This image may be subject to copyright

Wreath, 1999, laid by the Greek Community on the Cenotaph in Auckland and later moved to the Hall of …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Kearton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 18390 AWMM
    • WWII 22599 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 January 1896 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM 80 Hawthorne Road, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 J.J. Kearton (father), Studholme Junction, Waimate, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mr J. Kearton (father), Morven, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Separated AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Kokkinia Prisoner-of-War Hospital, Kokinia, Greece POW Deaths (R25405152)
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
    • 30 May 1941 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      Kokinia Hospital. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Thomas Kearton was the son of John Isaac Kearton, and of Frances Isabella Kearton (nee Thomson); husband of Jessie Kearton, of Christchurch, Canterbury. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 36 AWMM
    Greece, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM 8. B. 6. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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