Thomas Henry McEWAN

Regimental number30836
Date of birth14 March 1886
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPlasterer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 10"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinAunt, Mrs Hoskinson, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 August 1916
Place of enlistmentFeatherston
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 30 May 1918
Discharge date24 September 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 7 December 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 18 February 1917, and marched in to Auckland Training Regiment, Sling Camp.

Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, and posted to No 3 Company, Codford, 15 April 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 28 May 1917.

Admitted to 4th NZ Field Ambulance, 14 August 1917 (myalgia); transferred to 1st NZ Field Ambulance, 16 August 1918; to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 22 August 1917; to No 6 General Hospital, Rouen, 24 August 1917; to England, 30 August 1917, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 31 August 1917.

Transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 23 October 1917.

Attached to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 8 December 1917.

Classified unfit by Medical Board, 25 May 1918, and placed on NZ Roll.

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HMNZT 'Mokoia', 30 May 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service), 24 September 1918.

Total war service: 2 years 33 days (of which 1 year 222 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death8 October 1934 Taumarunui
Age at death48
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 3
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

Print format