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Full Name
Thomas Alick Rimmer
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
Thomas Alick
Surname
Rimmer
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
10/1964
First Known Rank
Corporal
Next of Kin
Thomas Rimmer, sen. (father), Foxton, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Foxton, New Zealand
Military District
Wellington
Body on Embarkation
4th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit
Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation Date
17 April 1915
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Page on Nominal Roll
617
Last Unit Served
Wellington Infantry Battalion
Place of Death
Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death
8 August 1915
Year of Death
1915
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Memorial Name
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Memorial Reference
Panel 22
Biographical Notes
Son of Mr and Mrs T Rimmer of Tauranga
Description of Image
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
Sources Used
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org