Thomas LAVERTY

Regimental number10/762
Date of birth27 May 1893
Place of birthNgaere, Taranaki
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressStratford
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.3
Height5' 10"
Weight165 lbs
Next of kinMrs J. Laverty, Hamlet Street, Stratford
Previous military serviceServed in D Company, 11th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankSergeant
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateCommenced return to New Zealand
Discharge date17 May 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Meiterranean Expeditionary Forc (Gallipoli campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to New Zealand General Hospital, Abbassia,. 11 September 1915 (enteritis)

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HT 'Willochra', 24 December 1915; discharged (medically unfit:typhoid , 17 May 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death23 June 1954 Gisborne
Age at death61
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 10929219