WARNE, Thomas Chapman
(Service number 53991)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 17/08/1881 | Place of Birth | Pleasant Point |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Beautiful Valley | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs I. WARNE (mother), Beautiful Valley, Geraldine | ||
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 | 28th Reinforcements, F Company | ||
| Date | 24 July 1917 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 9 June 1951 | Age | 69 years |
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| Place of Death | Geraldine | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Geraldine Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Thomas Chapman Warne was born on 17 August 1881 (not 1888 as recorded in his personnel file) at Pleasant Point, the youngest in the family of William and Isabella (née Chapman) Warne. Both William and Isabella were early settlers at Timaru, Isabella arriving in January 1859 on the “Strathallan”. Theirs was the second marriage registered at Timaru. Thomas was educated for the most part at Pleasant Point School, with time at Hazelburn School. He embarked on 24 July 1917. Draft 211 - the troopship “Briton” - with over a thousand men aboard including Private T. C. Warne, of Geraldine, was due at Lyttelton in late January 1919. Thomas married Jessie Haywood in 1920.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 September 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 September 2020]; School Admission records [01 September 2020]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [01 September 2020]; Sun, 23 January 1919 (Papers Past) [20 December 2015]
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