Thomas DRIVER

Regimental number10/580
Date of birth22 March 1888
Place of birthPort Chalmers
True NameDRIVER, Thomas William
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressDannevirke
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26.6
Height5' 8"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinGeorge Driver, Fairlie
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years 7 months in Port Chalmers Naval Corps; unit disbanded; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date21 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Louisa Alice Driver, 29 Elizabeth Street, Timaru
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead.'

War service: 353 days (of which 320 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20998817

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