Thomas Walter Chiplin

Forenames

Thomas Walter AWMM

Surname

Chiplin AWMM

Also known as

great grandfather

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Service number

WWI 12/3956 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Joseph Chiplin (brother), Whangarata, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/3956 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Driver/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 04 Mar 1916-08 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 47 or HMNZT 48 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 10th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Thomas Chiplin was the son of Joseph and Margaret Chiplin. Born at Mangarata, Waikato, New Zealand. Served in Egypt, France and Belgium.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Chiplin, Pokeno Valley, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

18 Nov 1919 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cemetery

Tuakau Cemetery, Alexandra Redoubt Road, Tuakau, New Zealand 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/R21893874
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643171/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643171
  Further Reference

References

• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.