46223 - Sergeant

Thomas Murdy

BALL

5th Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

1916

12 November

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

1917

1917

22 March

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

26 April

Transfer to England

HMNZT 84 - Turakina

1917

20 July

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

Reverted to temporary Corporal

1917

9 August

Appointed temporary Sergeant while employed on heating installation at No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames

1917

5 November

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1917

13 November

Promoted Sergeant

1917

17 November

Transferred

NZ Light Railway Operating Section

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5937 14/0362023, Military Personnel File: Thomas Murdy BALL - 46223.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Thomas Murdy BALL.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°62, p. 39.

Photography

  • Auckland Libraries Ngā Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections: 31-B2671.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Thomas Murdy BALL (46223)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 28 March 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=23