McKIBBIN, Thomas
(Service number 3/855)
| First Rank | Captain | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 13 March 1879 | Place of Birth | Pleasant Point, Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Hastings | ||
| Occupation | Medicial practitioner | ||
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| 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 | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 6th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | New Zealand Medical Corps | ||
| Date | 14 August 1915 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 November 1943 | Age | 64 years |
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| Place of Death | 18 William Street, Dunedin (residence) | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Dunedin | ||
| 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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