Topic: AIF - NZMRB
NZMR MGS, NZEF
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Machine Gun Squadron
Roll of Honour
Poppies on the Auckland Cenotaph plinth
A brief biography of Thomas McCahon extracted from the Cenotaph Database hosted by the Auckland Museum.
| Full Name: | Trooper Thomas McCahon |
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| Rank Last Held: | Trooper |
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| Forename(s): | Thomas |
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| Surname: | McCahon |
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| War: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: | 7/1118 |
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| First Known Rank: | Trooper |
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| Next of Kin: | John McCahon (father), East Oxford, North Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: | Single |
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| Enlistment Address: | Care W. J. Jenkins, Waddington, New Zealand |
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| Military District: | Canterbury |
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| Body on Embarkation: | 5th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: | Canterbury Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: | 13 June 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: | Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: | |
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| Vessel: | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima |
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| Destination: | Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915) |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: | 434 |
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| Last Unit Served: | Machine Gun Squadron |
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| Place of Death: | Egypt |
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| Date of Death: | 4 August 1916 |
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| Year of Death: | 1916 |
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| Cause of Death: | Died of wounds |
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| Further References: | Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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| Sources Used: | Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
Lest We Forget
Further Reading:
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Citation: New Zealand Mounted Rifles Machine Gun Squadron, Roll of Honour, Thomas McCahon
Posted by Project Leader
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Updated: Wednesday, 21 October 2009 4:37 PM EADT
