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John Richard Tonge

1886-1947

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1648

About

Born in Australia

21 September 1886
Residence

Hometown

Hawera
Work

Occupation

Drainlayer

Employer

H. I. Parkinson, Hawera
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

E. Tonge

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 61

11 November 1947

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 W5557 7/0115165, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 4.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Richard Tonge (1886-1947)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/852

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