Thomas Duncan McGregor Stout
Born 25 Jul 1885 - Died 27 Jul 1979
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- WWI 3/3 AWMM
- WWII 31441 AWMM
- Also known as
- MacGregor AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- War
About
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- Forenames
- Thomas Duncan McGregor AWMM
- Surname
- Stout AWMM
- Ingoa
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- MacGregor AWMM
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- WWI 3/3 AWMM
- WWII 31441 AWMM
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- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
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About birth
- Birth
- 25 Jul 1885 AWMM
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 238 The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 1 Katherine Ave., Wellington AWMM
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Sir Robert Stout (father), 238 The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Mrs. Agnes Isobel Stout, 1 Katherine Ave., Wellington (wife) AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
- Pre 1940 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
- Aug 1914 AWMM Capture of Samoa, WW1 AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- WWI 3/3 AWMM
- WWII 31441 AWMM
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
London Gazette 04/06/1917 AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) AWMM
- Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
- Efficiency Decoration (ED) AWMM
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
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- Enlistment
- WW1
- WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.177 Surgeon/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.177
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
- WW1 Marama 21 May 1915 AWMM Vessel was HMHS Marama AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital, France AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - WW2 Lieutenant Colonel/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.177 No. 1 N.Z. General Hospital, N.Z. Medical Corps 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.177 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM
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Medical history
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Biographical information
- Thomas Duncan MacGregor Stout was a surgeon who served with the New Zealand Medical Corps during both World War I and World War II. The son of Sir Robert Stout, he was born on 25 July 1885 and trained in medicine and surgery.
Stout's military service began in August 1914 with the force sent to occupy German Samoa. In 1915 he was appointed to No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital and embarked from New Zealand aboard the hospital ship Marama. He subsequently transferred to the Moldavia. His World War I service included Egypt, Salonika and the Western Front, as well as medical duties in the United Kingdom. He rose to the rank of Major and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and Mentioned in Despatches. His World War I service ended with his discharge in February 1920. His existing Online Cenotaph information records his service with the New Zealand Medical Corps and association with Marama.
Stout returned to military service during World War II, aged 54. He embarked with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in May 1940 and served as a senior medical officer in the Middle East, North Africa and Italy. From February 1941 he served as Consultant Surgeon to the 2nd NZEF and eventually held the rank of Colonel. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his wartime medical service and was again Mentioned in Despatches.
Following the war, Stout became Medical Editor of the War History Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs. Drawing on his extensive experience as a military surgeon, he wrote several volumes of New Zealand's official medical history of World War II, including War Surgery and Medicine (1954), New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy (1956), and Medical Services in New Zealand and the Pacific (1958).
Outside his military and medical work, Stout was a member of the Wellington Philosophical Society. He died on 27 July 1979. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 27 Jul 1979 AWMM
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-027677.html
Further Reference - Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7789099
Further Reference - A 1941 recording of Colonel Stout can be found on Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's online catalogue. U-series. Rotorua High School and Victoria College reunion. Pts 1-8 11667.
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/11667
Further Reference - Johnston, Sarah. (2023). “With the boys overseas: How Homefront listeners shaped the work of Aotearoa New Zealand's first battlefront broadcasters”. New Zealand Journal of Public History, 9, 33-58.
https://phanza.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sarah-Johnston-With-the-Boys-Overseas.pdf
Further Reference - A 1941 recording of Colonel Stout can be found on Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's online catalogue. U-series. Rotorua High School and Victoria College reunion. Pts 1-8 11667.
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/11667
Further Reference - Johnston, Sarah. (2023). “With the boys overseas: How Homefront listeners shaped the work of Aotearoa New Zealand's first battlefront broadcasters”. New Zealand Journal of Public History, 9, 33-58.
https://phanza.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sarah-Johnston-With-the-Boys-Overseas.pdf
Further Reference - New Zealand Institute. Roll of Honour Showing Members of The Institute Who Were on Active Service During The War. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 53, 1921, Unnumbered Page
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1921-53.2.6
Further Reference
- New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 699 - Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
p.177 - McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- McKinney, J. (1952). Medical units of 2NZEF in Middle East and Italy. Wellington, N.Z.: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- HMNZT 1. Pull-thro' : with which is incorporated The Noumea nightmare, the Suva sendoff, and Samoa sun : the unofficial organ of the Advance Party of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, Apia, Samoa. [Apia, Samoa] : Literary Committee of the Advance Party of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914-
- Stout, T. D. M., & New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs War History Branch. (1954). War surgery and medicine. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
- Stout, T.D.M. (1956). New Zealand Medical Services in the Middle East and Italy. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Stout, T. D. M., & New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs War History Branch. (1958). Medical services in New Zealand and the Pacific, in Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force and with prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
- Thompson, E. H. (1918). Light diet: Hospital magazine. New Zealand War Records. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Armstrong family papers, MS-1330-25.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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