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McPHERSON, Thomas
(Service number 73512)

Aliases	Birth registered as MacPHERSON
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	22/02/1887	Place of Birth	Morven

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Domain View, Te Aroha
Occupation	Traveller
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs J. McPHERSON (wife), Cave P.O., via Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Grain salesman

Death

Date	15 July 1963	Age	76 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 51, Plot 269
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas McPherson was the son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Betsy, née Cunningham) McPherson. Thomas married Emily Beatrice Graham on 23 March 1916 at Pleasant Point. Thomas was a brother of Neil who served in World War One and a cousin of Peter and Roger who served. His brother Peter also enlisted.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [02 May 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [02 May 2017]

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