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WINTER, Thomas
(Service number 13161)

Aliases	Tom
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	21/10/1894	Place of Birth	Wyndham

Enlistment Information

Date	18 December 1915	Age	21 years 1 month
Address at Enlistment	Fairlie
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	Senior cadets - discharged as above age
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary WINTER (mother), Menzies Ferry, Southland
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 4½ inches. Weight 130 lbs. Chest measurement 31-34½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair fair. Sight - right eye 636, left eye 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both good. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth good. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. No vaccination mark. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. Had pleurisy 7 years ago. Is not subject to fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	3rd Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	6 May 1916
Transport	Mokoia or Navua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory 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	16 June 1919	Reason	On Termination of his Period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	12 September 1961	Age
Place of Death	Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 20 September 1961
Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 1B, Plot 92
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Winter (Tom) was the youngest in the family of William John and Mary (née Templeton) Winter.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5922 0124486) [12 August 2016]; Southland Times, 6 January 1912 (Papers Past) [12 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 20 September 1961 (Timaru District Library) [09 August 2016]

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