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John Thomas Pimblett

1878-1959

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21460

About

Born in England

24 December 1878
Parent

Mother

E. Atherton
Residence

Hometown

Kaitangata
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

New Zealand Coal & Oil Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

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 80

26 February 1959

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 W5550 26/0093094, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 42.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Thomas Pimblett (1878-1959)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/683

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