Thomas William DUNNICLIFF

Regimental number42063
Place of birthIslington, London, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSlaughterman
Height5' 7.75"
Weight186 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Lily Dunnicliff, Mayfield, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Enlistment date7 December 1916
Place of enlistmentGisborne
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, April 1917, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankRifleman
Final unitNew Zealand Rifle Brigade
Fate19 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialWaikumete Cemetery (Protestant Soldiers Area B, Row 1, Grave No 38), Auckland
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs T. Dunnicliff, Chin Chin Street, Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Discharge date4 February 1918
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Sydney, 14 April 1917; returned to Wellington, 17 April 1917. Re-embarked Wellington, 26 April 1917; disembarked Sydney, 2 May 1917. Re-embarked Sydney, 9 May 1917; disembarked England, 28 July 1917.

Found guilty, 8 May 1917, of being absent without leave: forfeited 7 days' pay.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, 10 September 1917 (right lumbar incision; large quantity of pus removed).

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HS 'Marama', 21 November 1917; discharged, 4 February 1918.

Medal: British War Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents:: Thomas (b. Leicestershire) and Lilly (b. Devonshire) DUNNICLIFF
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 18
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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