Thomas John Smith

1879-1960

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

60434

About

Born in England

30 May 1879
Parents

Mother

Sarah Smith

Father

Thos Johnson Smith

Settled in New Zealand

1913
Residence

Hometown

Denniston
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Westport Coal Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 81

28 June 1960

Sources

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

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 188805 W5553 47/0107107, Military Personnel File.

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

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Thomas John Smith (1879-1960)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/790