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McKIBBIN, Thomas
(Service number 3/855)

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First Rank	Captain	Last Rank

Birth

Date	13/03/1879	Place of Birth	Pleasant Point, Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Hastings
Occupation	Medicial practitioner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs Ida McKIBBIN (wife), Hastings, New Zealand; C/o 3/855 Major McKIBBIN, D.A.D.M.S, Fl..., N.Z.E.F., Southampton Row, London
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Medical Corps
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Health Officer

Death

Date	3 November 1943	Age	64 years
Place of Death	18 William Street, Dunedin (residence)
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Cremated Dunedin
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas McKibbin was the son of William and Magaret Anna McKibbin, of Pleasant Point. He was educated at the Pleasant Point and Temuka schools. Thomas married Ida Annie Fairclough on 5 May 1907 at the Taranaki Wesleyan Church.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 May 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [26 May 2018]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [25 May 2018]

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