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Thomas Sutherland

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Portrait, Samoan Expeditionary Force - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Samoan Expeditionary Force - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Sutherland AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 4/254 AWMM
    • WWI 8/254A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Railways, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Frederick Sutherland, Riversdale, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 August 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 4/254 AWMM
    • WWI 8/254A AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Thomas Sutherland was the son of Frederick R. H. and Mary Sutherland, of Arthurton, Otago, New Zealand. Of Garston, Otago.

    Serial Number is recorded as 4/254 in Nominal Rolls, as 8/254A in Archives New Zealand and CWGC. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 May 1915 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Quinn's Post Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM Special Memorial 64 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. Image provided by John Halpin 2017, CC BY John Halpin 2017. AWMM

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  • I am your great great Niece, Anika. I am sad that you died and I wish that you would have come home with all of your brothers safely. Love, Anika.
    Public - Anika Leigh - Other Relative - 20 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • Documents
    • Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 705 AWMM
    • Smith, S.J. (1924). The Samoa (N.Z.) Expeditionary Force 1914-1915. Wellington, N.Z.: Ferguson & Osborn. AWMM
      Smith, S.J. (1924). pp. 167, 214. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM

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20 April 2015Anika LeighGisborneOther Relative
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