GUTHRIE, Thomas Morrison
(Service number 2/3003)
| First Rank | Driver | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 20 August 1884 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Hook, Makikihi | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. GUTHRIE (mother), Mere Mere Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 11th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, No 3 Battery | ||
| Date | 1 April 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 April 1942 | Age | 58 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Thomas Morrison Guthrie was the son of William and Margaret McNab (née Morrison) Guthrie. He was educated at Waimataitai School, leaving there to go out to work. His father died in 1907. He returned to Timaru with Draft 187 which brought a large number of soldiers home in early October 1918. Thomas may have married Catherine while overseas.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 July 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [July 2019]; School Admission records [July 2019]; Cemetery records;Timaru Herald, 8 June 1907, Evening Post, 30 September 1918 (Papers Past) [16 August 2016; 15 July 2019]
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