Thomas Samuel RICKUS

Regimental number16/723
AddressOtaki
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinSister, Mrs Tainui, Kaiapoi
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Maori Contingent
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 29 Waitemata on 18 September 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 August 1917
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsWellington Provincial Memorial
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Foster father: James Rickus, 17 Wilkin Street, Temuka, Canterbury
Other details

Died of wounds en route from France to New Zealand.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: /Second Maori

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