THOUMINE, David Edward
(Service number 10405)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 03/01/1892 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Kaponga | ||
| Occupation | Cheese maker | ||
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| Next of Kin | Peter THOUMINE (father), Kaponga, Taranaki | ||
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 | 12th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, J Company | ||
| Date | 6 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Mokoia or Navua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | 1 October 1916 | Age | 24 years |
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| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
David Edward Thoumine was the third son of Peter and Louisa (née Bryan) Thoumine. His grandfather (Peter Thoumine) had come from Guernsey, Channel Islands, to New Zealand and married in 1862 at Timaru. He was accidentally shot in June 1869 while pig-hunting at Otaio Station. Born on 3 January 1892 at Timaru, he was educated at Masterton School, the family having moved north before David had his fifth birthday. Like his brother Peter, David was a cheese maker for the Kaponga Dairy Company. David embarked in 1916 with his brother Leonard, who may well have been with him when he was killed in action five months later. Two of his brothers – Lawrence Cecil Thoumine (Cecil) and Leonard Stuart Thoumine – served in World War I; and his oldest brother, Peter, enlisted in 1918. His cousin, Francis Cecil Rogers, also served, and Arthur David Rogers enlisted; another cousin, Horace James Prattley, was killed in action in 1916 (the same day as David) at the Somme. Both his parents died at Kaponga, Louisa in 1909 and Peter in 1927, when he was remembered for his time at Temuka and Timaru.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database [06 February 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 February 2020]; School Admission record [06 February 2020]; Timaru Herald, 9 June 1869, Temuka Leader, 22 December 1927 (Papers Past) [06 February 2020]
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