LOCKETT, Thomas
(Service number 6/1901)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 20 February 1877 | Place of Birth | Victoria,Australia |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 14 January 1915 | Age | 37 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Care of Mrs Cockle, 41 Theodosia St, Timaru, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Labourer, Harbour Board Timaru | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | James Lockett (father), Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 17 April 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1915, Balkan 1915, | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 July 1915 | Age | 38 |
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| Place of Death | Gallipoli, Turkey | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Claremont Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Brother of James Edwin Lockett, Waanyarra East, Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (May 2014)
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Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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