Percy Thomas Fromm

Forenames

Percy Thomas AWMM

Surname

Fromm AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1403 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1 Nov 1892 Public Source

Date of birth

1 Nov 1892 (also given as 1 Nov 1891)

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Place of birth

• Inglewood, Taranaki, NZ
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• NZ
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Birth notes

son of Alfred Anton & Sophia Alice FROMM

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Address before enlistment

Cheesman Road, Kaiti, Gisborne

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Post war occupation

• Linotyper in Wellington
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• Farmer at Nimosa Downs, Walton, Waikato
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Next of kin

A.A. Fromm (father), Peel Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single
1929 married Ruth Hazel WILD

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Rifle Brigade & 4th NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/1403 AWMM

Military service

1915-1919, 1924-1930: NZ Territorials

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Medals and Awards

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Linotype operator/Civilian AWMM
• 25 June 1915 at Gisborne
  10 Oct 1915 at Trentham
  12 Oct 1915 at Inglewood
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Age on enlistment

23yrs 7mths

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Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Sergeant AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

2nd Lieutenant

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Death

11 Dec 1937 Public Source

Date of death

11 Dec 1937

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Age at death

46yrs

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Place of death

Wellington, NZ

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Cause of death

Cancer

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Death notes

PERCIVAL (aka Percy) THOMAS FROMM died 18 Dec 1937 aged 46yrs in Wellington. His occupation was a Linotyper

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Cemetery name

Karori Cemetery Welllington

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Grave reference

Section: Soldiers; Plot: 12 OO; Record Number: 89551

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Obituary

MR. P. T. FROMM
The death occurred last evening of Mr. Percy Thomas Fromm, a member of the "Evening Post" composing department, and a former representative footballer:

Mr. Fromm was prominent in football circles for many years, representing Poverty Bay before the war, later playing representative games while living .at Gisborne and North Whangarei. During the war he played for the Maori1 Pioneer Battalion, and also played for ,the 0.T.C.. while stationed at Cambridge. He was engaged in representative rowing at Whangarei and Gisborne. His war service was distinguished, and at the conclusion of hostilities he had risen to the rank of Second Lieutenant. With the exception of several years spent farming in the Waikato after the war, Mr. Fromm had been connected with the printing side of newspapers since he left school. He was first employed in this capacity on the "Poverty Bay Herald," and later on the "Gisborne Times," j "Northern Advocate," and other North Island papers before coming to Wellington to join the "Evening Post" staff eight or nine years ago.
Mr. Fromm, who was 46 at the time of his death, is survived by his wife and two daughters

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16784203
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20550391
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.