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Thomas John Eccleston

1889-1918

Portrait of Thomas John Eccleston

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37643

About

Born

25 August 1889
Parents

Mother

Kate Eccleston

Father

William Alfred Eccleston

Settled in New Zealand

1907
Residence

Hometown

Reefton
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Consolidated Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Ellen Eccleston

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 28

13 March 1918

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 64/0036886, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Thomas John Eccleston (1889-1918)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/239

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