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Thomas Anderson

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 41), Page: 27 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 41), Page: 27 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Rifleman Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military record
  • Forenames
    Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Anderson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 25780 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 March 1878 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    7 March 1878 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Opotiki, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Mafeking house, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs B. Tylee (sister), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Rifle Brigade Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 25780 AWMM
  • Military service
    1916-1918 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    labourer for the Cook County, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military record
  • Age on enlistment
    38yrs 2mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Military Record

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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • May 1918 - Returned Soldiers - Private T. Anderson left with the 17ths, and saw ten months of service in France. He was wounded in the thigh and lower portions of the right leg at Ypres, and spent six months in hospitals in England and France. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14603, 13 May 1918, Page 6

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 December 1921 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    43 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    Block S; plot 14; Warrant # 716 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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22 February 2016Lorraine M Gisborne, NZResearcher

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