Garioch Thomas CLUNIE

Regimental number11/749
Date of birth7 July 1894
Place of birthWairoa, Hawke's Bay
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBushman
AddressParaparaumu, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 7"
Weight151 lbs
Next of kinBrother, William McDonald Clunie, Paraparaumu, Wellington
Previous military serviceSenior Cadets
Enlistment date25 October 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Verdala on 14 December 1914
Final rankSergeant
Final unitNew Zealand Mounted Rifles Training Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand
Discharge date17 May 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HT 'Kaikoura', 6 March 1919; discharged (medically unfit: malaria), 17 May 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death19 February 1971
Age at death76
Place of burialParaparaumu Beach Cemetery (Block J, Plot No 10), Paraparaumu, Wellington
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Second
Ron Austin & Kevin Clunie (eds), 'From Gallipoli to Palestine: The War Writings of Sergeant GT Clunie of the Wellington Mounted Rifles 1914-1919', Slouch Hat Publications, 2009
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21895424