Gordon Forest Dean THOMAS

Regimental number78603
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs D A Thomas, 89 Gammick Street, Temuka
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 40th Reinforcements, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 107 Tahiti on 10 July 1918
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Infantry Reinforcements
FateDied of disease 5 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsCanterbury Provincial Memorial
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Milson and Deley Ann Thomas, 89 Camack Street, Temuka
Other details

War service: died at sea en route to the United Kingdom.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 86, p. 7