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STOAKES, Thomas William
(Service number 68566)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	12 September 1893	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	17 September 1917	Age	34 years
Address at Enlistment	Waitohi Upper, Temuka
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	T. W. STOAKES (father), Waitohi Flat, Temuka
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 140 lbs. Chest measurement 33-36 inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes brown. Hair dark. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Varicose veins slight. Vaccinated (right). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Tattoo marks on both wrists. Class A.

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	41st Reinforcements H Company
Date	27 July 1918
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	London, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	British War Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

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	17 September 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	18 September 1966	Age	83 years
Place of Death	Wallingford Road, Temuka (son's residence)
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 19 September 1966
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 63, Plot 277
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas William STOAKES was the son of Thomas William and Emily (née Uden) Stoakes, of Waitohi Flat.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK18805 W5553 0109795) [05 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 19 September 1966 (Timaru District Library) [02 August 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [02 August 2016]; Temuka Leader, 24 December 1895, 22 October 1931, Timaru Herald, 4 September 1917, 16 October 1917, 20 November 1917, 11 August 1919 (Papers Past) [06 August 2016]

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