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Full Name
Private Theophilus John Gemming
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
Theophilus John
Surname
Gemming
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
12/1956
First Known Rank
Corporal
Next of Kin
C.W.G. Gemming (father), Kopu, Thames, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Kopu, Thames, New Zealand
Military District
Auckland
Body on Embarkation
4th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit
Auckland 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
258
Last Unit Served
Auckland Infantry Battalion
Place of Death
Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death
Sunday 8 August 1915
Age at Death
22
Year of Death
1915
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Memorial Name
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Memorial Reference
10
Biographical Notes
Theophilus Gemming was the son of Charles W.G. and Agnes C. Gemming of Mackay Street, Thames
Description of Image
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
Further References
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919