Thomas Phelan

1896-1956

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

49563

Born in New Zealand

25 September 1896

Parents

Mother

Mary Phelan

Father

John Phelan

Residence

Hometown

Reefton

Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Progress Mines Company

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 59

3 August 1956

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

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 188805 W5550 21/0092590, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.69, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

Anthony Byledbal, “Thomas Phelan (1896-1956)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/678