SHEFFORD, Thomas
(Service number 28923)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 10 April 1894 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Farm labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | J. SHEFFORD (father), Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 18th Reinforcements, J Company | ||
| Date | 11 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Entrenching Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 June 1962 | Age | 68 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Thomas Shefford was born on 10 April 1894 at Waimate, the son of John and Emily (née Wild) Shefford. T. Shefford, 28923, of Waimate, returned to New Zealand per the “Arawa” (Draft No. 244), reaching Lyttelton about 12 May 1919. He married Ruth Gladys Chamberlain in November 1921 at St Augustine’s Church, Waimate. His brother James was killed in action in 1917 in France and brother William also served in World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 May 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 June 2020]; New Zealand Times, 29 April 1919, Press, 24 November 1921 (Papers Past) [26 May 2020; 03 June 2020]; Ruru Lawn Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [02 June 2020]
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