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Cenotaph record

Thomas McCaffrey MacDonell

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  • Service number
    WWI 8/4462 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • McCafferty McDonell AWMM
    • Tommy Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - family history and birth/death registration
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 28), Page: 15 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 28), Page: 15 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Thomas McCaffrey AWMM
    • Thomas McCaffrey Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - family history and birth/death registration
  • Surname
    • MacDonell AWMM
    • MacDonell Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - family history and birth/death registration
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • McCafferty McDonell AWMM
    • Tommy Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - family history and birth/death registration
  • Service number
    WWI 8/4462 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - family history and birth/death registration
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - family history and birth/death registration

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 January 1892 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    30 January 1892 Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - birth registration
  • Place of birth
    Halfway Bush, Dunedin, Otago Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - birth registration
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, North Island Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - Army File
  • Post war occupation
    sawmill hand Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - newspaper article and family history
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Miss Grace S. McDonell (sister), Catlin's River, Ratanui, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
    • correct spelling MacDonell Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - military file & family knowledge
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - family knowledge & death registration

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8/4462 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 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Name is spelled Thomas Caffterty McDonell in the Nominal roll, it is correctly spelled as Thomas McCaffery MacDonell in Archway. The last name of his next of kin is also noted as McDonnell instead of MacDonnell. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 November 1918 Public Source
  • Date of death
    26 November 1918 Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - death registration
  • Age at death
    26 years Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - death registration
  • Place of death
    Owaka, Catlins Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - death registration
  • Cause of death
    Influenza (1918 influenza epidemic) Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - death registration and newspaper articles
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Owaka Cemetery Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - family knowledge
  • Grave reference
    Plot 211 Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - NZSG Balclutha Branch
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Thomas McC. MacDonell
    8/4462 1st NZEF PTE
    OTAGO REGT
    Died 26/11/1918 Aged 26 YRS Public - Heather - Other relative - 8 July 2016 - personal knowledge - I arranged for the plaque to be put in place
  • Memorial reference

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Memorial

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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 April 2017HeatherBlenheimOther relative
12 July 2016Heather NZDirect descendant
08 July 2016GraemeBlenheim, MarlboroughChild

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