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WALDIE, Thomas Dodds
(Service number 50474)

Aliases
First Rank	Gunner	Last Rank	Gunner

Birth

Date	5 February 1897	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	3 April 1917	Age	20 years 1 month
Address at Enlistment	Waihao Downs
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience	8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr Robert WALDIE (father), Waihao Downs, South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 6 feet 1 inch. Weight 160 lbs. Chest measurement 34½-38 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight & hearing both good. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. no fits. Linear scar five inches back of left leg - for removal of bullet.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	29th reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Date	13 August 1917
Transport	mokoia
Embarked From		Destination	Glasgow, Scotland

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Field Artillery

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	25 August 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	29 April 1975	Age	78 years
Place of Death	Waimate
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 30 April 1975
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Lawn Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Dodds Waldie was the younger son of Robert and Flora (née McKay) Waldie, both of whom hailed from Scotland, and a brother of Robert John (Jack) Waldie. When he enlisted he was a farm hand for his father at Waihao Downs. Tom married Ruth Hertslet in 1937.

Sources

Aucklnd War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 December 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK18805 W5557 0117858) [19 January 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [22 December 2017]; Waimate Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [22 December 2017]; School Admission records (South Canterbury & Waimate branches NZSG) [22 December 2017]; Timaru Herald, 30 April 1975 (Timaru District Library) [29 December 2017]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 7 April 1911, 13 September 1912, 15 July 1914 (Papers Past) [19 January 2018]

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