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Arthur William Gomm

1888-1974

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

43625

About

Born in England

20 March 1888
Parents

Mother

Mary Ann Gomm

Father

Thomas Gomm

Settled in New Zealand

1908
Residence

Hometown

Blackball
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Blackball Coal Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Middlesex Volunteers

    United Kingdom

    • 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 85

    20 January 1974

    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 W5539 32/0045651, 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, “Arthur William Gomm (1888-1974)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/316

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