Joseph Pearce THOMAS

Regimental number64169
Date of birth14 September 1890
Place of birthBunnythorpe
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer and shepherd
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 9.5"
Weight159 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Edith Annabell Thomas, c/o Edwin Thomas, Ngamatapouri
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 July 1917
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 32nd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 95 Willochra on 22 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 26 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialGommecourt British Cemetery No 2 (Plot II, Row B, Grave No 23), Hebuterne, nr Arras, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Joseph and Harriet Ann Thomas (both b. Wales), Bunnythorpe; Wife: Edith Thomas, Ngamatapouri, Upper Waitotara
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 22 November 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 7 January 1918, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 March 1918; attached to No 1 NZ Entrenching Bn, Etaples, 24 March 1918.

Joined 1st Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, in the field, 29 June 1918.

Killed in action, 26 July 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 28
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805