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Rangi Thompson

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/299 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Rangi AWMM
  • Surname
    Thompson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/299 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 March 1887 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1 March 1887 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Napier, HB, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Rebecca Thompson Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Glasgow Restaurant, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Rebecca Thompson (mother), Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian -Gallipoli, Mudros, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/299 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1917 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    1914-1915 Star
    British War Medal
    Victory Medal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Otago, New Zealand AWMM
    • 3 Oct 1914 at Avondale Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    labourer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    34yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 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
    1915 hospialised at Mudros; Sep 1916 Wounded in Action; Mar 1917 Invalided home Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 February 1937 Public Source
  • Date of death
    15 February 1937 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Marlborough Council's Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    74yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Marlborough Council's Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Picton, SI , NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Marlborough Council's Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Picton Cemetery, Picton, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Marlborough Council's Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block: Lawn 6; Plot # 93; Plot Key 17745; Warrant # 37393 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Marlborough Council's Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R7825691
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 722 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. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 March 2016Lorraine MGisborneResearcher

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