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HEAP, Thomas
(Service number 34676)

St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #01)

Name plaque (A-H)), St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #02)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases	Thomas Henry
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	abt 1879	Place of Birth	Derby

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Ploughman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	single
Next of Kin	Mrs M Heap (mother) 8 Castle Hill Clossop, Derbyshire, England
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	new Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	20th reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	7 December 1916
Transport	HMNZT 71, Port Lyttelto
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	14 August 1918	Age	39
Place of Death	Bapaume, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas-de-Calais, France
Memorial Reference	II . E. 4
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Blue Cliffs School War Memorial; St Andrews War Memorial; Waimate First World War Memorial, Glossop War Memorial, Glossop, Derby, England

Biographical Notes

Son of William and Mary Heap, Glossop, Derby

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Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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