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TOOLEY, David Doughtey
(Service number 54094)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Rifleman

Birth

Date 28/12/1882 Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs W. Tooley (mother), Patterson Road, Temuka, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 27th Reinforcements G Company
Date 16 July 1917
Transport Athenic
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Liverpool, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

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Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 5 February 1918 Age
Place of Death
Cause Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Temuka War Memorial

Biographical Notes

David was son of William and Mary Ann (nee Ely) Tooley, born on 28 December 1882.

A family historian, B Gunn, has established that David's father, William, came to New Zealand with his mother and stepfather. William worked on farms in the Oamaru area, including shepherding at Totora Estate, prior to moving to the Pareora/St Andrews area about 1884. There he worked on the Pareora Estate for the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, becoming head shepherd by 1888. Later it seems William owned land in the Temuka area, with one newspaper report in 1908 noting that he and his son David purchased land from Mr J Holwell, indicating he too had moved to the area. In 1910 another report noted William won a tender to lease 15 acres within the Domain from the Temuka Borough Council (Timaru Herald 25 May 1910, p.6)

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, August 2013; SCROll web submission by B Gunn 23 & 27 February 2023

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