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TOLLAN, Henry George
(Service number 33158)

Sergeant Henry Tollan, circa 1917 — (Courtesy of R Tollan L2018/024.05)

Sergeants Tollan and Main — (Courtesy of R Tollan L2018/024.06)

Sergeant Henry Tollan's dog-tags — (Courtesy of R Tollan L2018/024.03)

Sergeant Henry Tollan's campaign medals — The British War Medal and Victory Medal (Courtesy of R Tollan L2018/024.02)

Sergeant Henry Tollan's campaign medal's edge-stamps — (Courtesy of R Tollan L2018/024.02)

Postcard: Henry Tollan to his wife Myrtle — The recto of a postcard from Henry Tollan to his wife Myrtle, dated 23 November 1917 (Courtesy of R Tollan L2018/024.04)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Sergeant

Birth

Date	24/7/1891?	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Defence Office, Timaru
Occupation	Soldier
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs Myrtle Alice Tollan (wife), 71 High St, Timaru; changed to C/o- Mrs PD McGuines, Ajax St, Milton; changed to C/o-GPO, Timaru; changed to Mrs Myrtle Alice Tollan (wife), 53 Gloucester St, Christchurch; chnaged to C/o- Mrs D W Jones, Balmoral hotel, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

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	23rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry, C Company
Date	2 April 1917
Transport	HMNZT 80 Corinthic
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European 1917-1918; Asiatic 1918
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	21 July 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date		Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Prior to the war Henry Tollan was already serving as a soldier, his address being care of the Defence Office in Timaru. He was married to Myrtle Alice (William/Jones?) in Timaru on 29 December 1916 by Rev Rogers.

Henry's service records recorded his intended address as Balmoral Hotel, YTimaru, which was changed to 9 Clyde Street, Timaru (dated 8/2/21). He was posted to the NCOs of the 22nd Reinforcements as a corporal on 23 August 1916. Shortly after he was trabsferred to the 23rd Reinforcements, where he was promoted to sergeant in August 1917.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 December 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 December 2018]

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum

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