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GUDSELL, Thomas Clayton
(Service number 32322)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	03/06/1896	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Albury
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Agnes GUDSELL (mother), Chamberland, Albury, Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

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	10th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	15 November 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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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	20 December 1979	Age	83 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 142, Plot 394
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Clayton Gudsell was the son of Thomas and Agnes (née Hay) Gudsell. He married Margaret Leckie Morrison in 1919.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 June 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [29 June 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [29 June 2017]

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