Thomas McLean
Born 1893 - Died 17 Dec 1917
- Service number
- WWI 19728 AWMM
- Also known as
- Tamati Makarini AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Thomas AWMM
- Surname
- McLean AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Tamati Makarini AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 19728 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1893 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 1893Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Omaio, Bay of PlentyPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of Puhata & Heneriata McLean (aka Makarini)Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- Omaio, BOP
Mrs J Brown, Paerata, OpotikiPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record - Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Makarini Puhata (father), Waipiro, Hiruharama, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Married Mate McLean, of Hawai, Bay of Plenty (divorced)
father of 1 childPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
- Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 19728 AWMM
- Military service
- Jan 1917 - Dec 1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 508428Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM
- 15 Jan 1917 at OpotikiPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 21yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 26 Apr 1917-20 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 84 AWMM Vessel was Turakina AWMM Private AWMM 17th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Thomas McLean was the son of Makarini and Heneriata Puhata, of Waitakaro, Ruatorea, New Zealand. husband of Mate McLean, of Hawai, Bay of Plenty. Native of East Coast.
Next of Kin: Constable Neil. Police Dept., Rotorua (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 17 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM Spec. Mem. XII. AA. 1. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
- Opotiki War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Research
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10926130
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130667.html
Further Reference - 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/480352/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480352
Further Reference - Passchendaele Museum Profile
https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/2955
Further Reference - Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
- Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
- Information kindly provided by family
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
62: 38 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- HMNZT 84 - The klink : a souvenir of the voyage of S.S. Turakina (H.M.N.Z.T. 84) April to July, 1917; and a history of the doings of the Left Wing of the 25th Reinforcements N.Z.E.F. on their way to the Front -- London : Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. : 1917
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