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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Private Alexander McGregor Thomson |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Alexander McGregor |
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| Surname: |
Thomson |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
32089 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Date of Birth: |
9 September 1891 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Rifleman |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Farm hand |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Alice Thomson (mother), Gordonton, Waikato, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
13th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
15 November 1916 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 68 |
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| Vessel: |
Maunganui |
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| Destination: |
England |
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| Nominal Roll Footnotes: |
Born in Australia. |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
45 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
25 |
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| Campaigns: |
Western Front - Battle of Messines ,7 June 1917 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1 Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Belgium |
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| Date of Death: |
22 June 1917 |
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| Age at Death: |
25 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Attended Pukekohe East Primary School in 1900
- Previous school was in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Age in 1914 was 23 years old
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| Description of Image: |
- Portrait, detail from framed WW1 photographs
- Image 2: 13 photographs in one frame commemorating former students who fought in WWI
- Images 3, 4, 5 : a summary provided by S. Stone of the commemoration service remembering former students who died in war held at Pukekohe East Primary School on 11 November 2004
- Image 6: photo taken by S. Stone commemoration service held at Pukekohe East Primary School on 11 November 2004. It shows both the 3 men from World War 2 and the larger frame with photos of the 13 soldiers from World War 1.
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| Further References: |
- Alexander, E. (2 March 2006). Memorial Stones ceremony organised. Franklin County News.
- Military personnel file listed at Archives New Zealand. Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
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| Additional Information: |
A framed commemoration with 13 photographs of former students who fought in World War 1 is displayed in the Pukekohe East Primary School Hall and a copy is the Playcentre , the building was formerly old school. |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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