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COLVILL, Thomas Alexander
(Service number 7/1711)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank

Birth

Date	05/09/1893	Place of Birth	Glentunnel, Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	26 August 1915	Age	21 years 10 months
Address at Enlistment	Waihaorunga, Waihao Downs
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles - serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs T. J. HAWKINS (mother), Wahaorunga, Waimate, Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 10 stone 2 lbs. Chest measurement 34-37 inches. Complexion fair (fresh colour). Eyes blue. Hair medium brown. Sight, hearing & colour vision all normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth satisfactory. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. No vaccination mark. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. Saya he has never had a fit; never been ill enough to need a doctor. "Fit".

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	7th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date
Transport	Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	16 June 1919	Reason	On termination of period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	19 October 1951	Age	58 years
Place of Death	Waimate
Cause	Result of an accident
Notices	Timaru Herald, 20 October 1951
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Lawn Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Alexander Colvill was the eldest son of Alexander and Isabella (née Nicol) Colvill, both born in Scotland. He was educated at Glentunnel School then Waihaorunga. His father had died in October 1900 at his farm, Wairiri Valley, Glentunnel. To wind up the estate of Alexander senior, in January 1901 there was a clearing sale of stock and implements and the sale of his "choice farm" which was in "splendid order" and included a new house of seven rooms with all conveniences. His mother remarried. Come August 1906, his widow, Isabella, offered for lease a good small farm situated between Glentunnel and Coalgate and held in the estate of Alexander Colvill. As of 1906 his mother was Mrs Hawkins. She appears to have married Thomas Hawkins in 1915.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 November 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK18805 W5530 0027262) [09 November 2016]; Press, 30 October 1900, 21 January 1901, 4 August 1906 (Papers Past) [09 November 2016]; Timaru Herald, 20 October 1951 (Timaru District Library) [09 November 2016]

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