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KARTON, Thomas
(Service number 15914)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	16/04/1896	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	17 Buchanan Street, Timaru
Occupation	Salesman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs F. KARTON (mother), Buchanan Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	21 November 1962	Age	65 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
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Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Karton was the son of Francis (Frank) Thomas and Magadalene (Maggie, née Angus)) Karton, and a brother of Cyril Norman Karton, George Francis Karton and James Angus Karton who all served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 November 2016[

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