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THOMAS EDWARD COLQUHOUN
COLQUHOUN, THOMAS EDWARD
RANK: CORPORAL SERIAL NO: 10434
UNIT: NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS
BORN: 13/01/1894 - WAIPUKURAU
DIED: 01/03/1984
PLACE: TE AWAMUTU, N.Z.
SINGLE: RELIGION: C of E
WIFE: Mrs A. COLQUHOUN, MARRIED IN U.K. (22/05/1919)
PARENTS: Mrs. H. AVISON (mother), WAIPAWA
SIBLINGS: Bob and Ernie COLQUHOUN
NEXT OF KIN: Mrs H. AVISON (mother), WAIPAWA
OCCUPATION: BUTCHER
EMPLOYER: B. LANDRIDGE
LAST NZ ADDRESS: WAIPAWA
HEIGHT: 5’ 10” WEIGHT: 146 lb. CHEST: 36½”
COMP: FRESH EYES: GREYISH BROWN HAIR: BROWN
EDUCATION: 4th EDUCATIONAL STANDARD
GRAVE/MEMORIAL:
ENLISTED: TAUHERENIKAU DATE: 10/01/1916
MAIN BODY: REINFORCEMENT: 12th
MILITARY RECORD:
PREWAR ‘B’ COMPANY, 17th RUAHINE REGIMENT.
12/01/1916. POSTED N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS, TAUHERENIKAU, AS DRIVER.
22/02/1916. PROMOTED LANCE CORPORAL.
08/03/1916. PROMOTED CORPORAL.
06/05/1916. EMBARKED WELLINGTON FOR SUEZ, EGYPT.
07/08/1916. TAKEN ON STRENGTH No.1 ‘SLING’ CAMP, U.K.
02/09/1916. LEFT ‘SLING’ FOR OVERSEAS.
04/09/1916. ATTACHED N.Z. INFANTRY AT GENERAL BASE DEPOT.
17/09/1916. JOINED ARMY SERVICE CORPS, POSTED TO FIELD BUTCHERY
AS CORPORAL DRIVER.
29/03/1917. ADMITTED 25th STATIONARY HOSPITAL, ROUEN, FRANCE (SICK).
06/04/1917. REJOINED UNIT FROM HOSPITAL.
05/08/1918. STILL WITH 1st N.Z. FIELD BUTCHERY.
01/03/1919. DISCHARGED END OF ENGAGEMENT.
04/06/1919. GRANTED LEAVE WITHOUT PAY - 04/06/1919 TO 17/06/1919.
23/09/1919. LEFT U.K. FOR N.Z. ON ‘CORINTHIC’.
21/10/1919. LANDED BACK IN NEW ZEALAND.
AWARDED:
BRITISH WAR MEDAL.
VICTORY MEDAL.