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Thomas William Lynch

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Photograph of Private Lynch 3/2559. Image kindly provided by Scott Anderson (August 2018). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Photograph of Private Lynch 3/2559. Image kindly provided by Scott Anderson (August 2018). Image has …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas William AWMM
  • Surname
    Lynch AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3/2559 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 March 1893 AWMM Milton, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Thomas W. Lynch (father), Church Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 T.W. Lynch, sen. (father), Church Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 Thomas W. Lynch (father), Church Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/2559 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • SuppNom: Ex “Marama” (1st sailing of 2nd charter)., SuppNom: Ex H.S. “Marama.” AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    6 May 1950 AWMM
    Clyde, Otago AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • I scott anderson the great grandson of tom William lynch when his career was interrupted by the outbreak During World war 1 lynch enlisted in the New Zealand expeditionary force in 1915 and served firstly with the New Zealand medical crops the hospital ship Marama and later as a private in the Canterbury Infantry Regiment.
    Public - Scott Francis - Direct descendant - 21 April 2017
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Sources

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    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      42: 2 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      61: 2 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      75: 41 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Reddiex, G.R. (2015). Just to let you know I’m still alive.
      Wellington NZ: Grantham House Publishing Public - Glenn - Researcher - 15 April 2019 - Postcard from the private collection of Glenn Reddiex, published in this book, page 142.

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15 April 2019GlennWellington, NZResearcher
21 April 2017Scott Francis New Zealand Direct descendant
03 July 2016MatthewAuckland, NZResearcher

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