TOMLINSON, Cecil George Yardley
(Service number 26/1103)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
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Birth
| Date | 22 September 1888 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Rose Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Seed expert | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Ms A. TOMLINSON (wife), care of Mrs Bell, Woodside, Taieri; previously at Timaru, then care of Mrs Johnson, Dunedin | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 4th Battalion, Advance Party, Machine Gun Section | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
For Acts of Gallantry in the Field
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1 December 1969 | Age | 82 years |
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| Place of Death | Auckland | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Mangere Cemetery, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Cecil George Yardley Tomlinson, the son of Ernest and Alice (née Barrett) Tomlinson, was born on 22 September 1888 at Timaru and educated at the Gleniti School. He married Annie McKinley in 1914 at Chalmers Church, Timaru. While residing in Dunedin Annie received word that Cecil had been wounded in the right arm on 13 October 1917. Cecil's brother, John Barrett Tomlinson, served in the South African War.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (26 February 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [26 February 2017]; Timaru Herald, 31 October 1917 (Papers Past) [26 February 2017]
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