Search results Next record Previous record Māori Thomas Arnold Blake Born 25 August 1882 - Died 16 September 1966 PDF Key details Service number13/637 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankInter War Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Veterinary Corps AWMM WW2 Major/Military AWMM New Zealand Army AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait of Major Blake. Major Thomas A. Blake photograph album. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tama … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesThomas Arnold AWMM SurnameBlake AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number13/637 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionChurch of England, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth25 August 1882 AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 25 August 1914 AWMM Department of Agriculture, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationVeterinary Surgeon/Civilian AWMM Veterinary Surgeon, Live Stock and Meat Division, Department of Agriculture AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMrs Blake (wife), The Deverells, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England AWMM Relationship statusPre 16 October 1914 AWMM Married AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign1914-1916 Egypt AWMM World War 2/wars AWMM France and Germany (TBC) AWMM Created during migration for ww2 records that were listed as western front and need to be corrected AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number13/637 AWMM Military serviceRangoon Mounted Rifles (Trooper, 1908-1912) AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles, attached / posted N.Z. Veterinary Corps attached AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards1914-1915 Star AWMM British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal AWMM War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM Coronation Medal 1937 AWMM Efficiency Decoration (ED) AWMM Efficiency Decoration (ED). General Orders 148, 1937. Major, NZ Veterinary Corps. AWMM New Zealand Territorial Service Medal AWMM New Zealand Territorial Service Medal. General Orders 186, 23 July 1932. Captain, NZ Veterinary Corps. AWMM New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal. General Orders 185, 29 July 1932. Captain, NZ Veterinary Corps. AWMM Croix de Guerre (Belgium) AWMM Croix de Guerre (Belgian). London Gazette 12 July 1918, p 8191. For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign. AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 25 August 1914 AWMM Veterinary Surgeon/Civilian AWMM Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 16 October 1914 AWMMHMNZT 3-12 AWMM Vessel was Unknown Ship AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Veterinary Corps AWMM Main Body AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM March 1917 admitted mumps, slight. AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM December 1918 admitted congestion. AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankInter War 20 August 1919 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Veterinary Corps AWMM WW2 Unknown AWMM Major/Military AWMM New Zealand Army AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Husband of Mabel Constance (Connie) nee DeaneEmigrated to New Zealand in 1911 aged 29, after three years in Rangoon, Burma as a meat inspector.He married Connie on the 29 August 1915 in Zeitoun Camp. The couple were presented with a wedding gift from the farrier staff of the Auckland Mounted Rifles of a table cloth of Egyptian workmanship with the regimental crest worked in the centre.During WW1 he served in New Zealand 80 days and overseas 4 years 281 days, total service 4 years 281 days.In WW2 he served at Waiouru May 1941, at Auckland Headquarters until about July 1944.Details of service in WW2 partially redacted in his service record. Whilst he is listed at embarkation as Veterinary Corps his service number prefix is 13/ for the Auckland Mounted Rifles not the 17/ for the NZ Army Veterinary Corps. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death16 September 1966 AWMM Age 84 AWMM Hamilton, Waikato AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryHamilton Park Cemetery, Totara Services (Returned Services) Lawn, 395 Morrinsville Road, Newstead, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM RSA-UNSPEC-O AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Thomas Arnold Blake by laying a poppy. Sydney Augustus Blake Sydney Conrad Blake Thomas Arnold Blake Thomas Francis Blake Thomas Middleton Blake Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Thomas Arnold Blake Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects medal, commemorative Object / Artefact › History United Kingdom 2001.25.76.6 17 Jul 2001 medal, decoration Object / Artefact › History 2001.25.76.7 1936-1952 medal, service Object / Artefact › History New Zealand 2001.25.76.8 Post 1917 medal, service Object / Artefact › History 2001.25.76.9 1910-1936 medal, decoration Object / Artefact › History Belgium 2014.69.1 09 Sep 2014 medal, campaign Object / Artefact › History Spink: 143 [1918] medal, campaign Object / Artefact › History 2001.25.76.4 17 Jul 2001 medal, campaign Object / Artefact › History Europe Spink: 144 1919 medal, campaign Object / Artefact › History 2001.25.76.5 17 Jul 2001 medal, campaign Object / Artefact › History Europe 2001.25.76.3 [1919] Homeward bound : S.S. Briton Library / Pictorial › publication Wellington, N.Z. D526.2 HOM Sources Sources Contribute › External linksPapers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Sources Used Hamilton City Council cemetery search http://www.hamilton.co.nz/our-services/do-it-online/cemetery-search/Pages/default.aspx Sources Used Military personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22276702 Further Reference Obituary: James, J.P. (1966). Thomas Arnold Blake, T.D., M.R.C.V.S., New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 14:11, p. 200. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00480169.1966.36643 Obituary Wedding in the desert. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, 5 November 1915, Page 3 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HNS19151105.2.6&srpos Further Reference DocumentsInformation kindly provided by family AWMM Military Service Record AWMM McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald. AWMM Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 60 AWMM Taylor, N.W. The Roll of the ED and EM to New Zealanders (unpublished) AWMM Polaschek, A. NZ Long Service Awards (unpublished) AWMM New Zealand Veterinary Journal AWMM [Major Thomas A. Blake Photographs] PH-2014-69-1. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. AWMM Homeward bound : S.S. Briton. As transport H.M.N.Z.T. No. 268 the S.S. "Briton" departed Tilbury, London, 17 June 1919. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. 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