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Thomas Alick RIMMER

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Date of birth18 October 1891
Date of death08 August 1915
Mothers nameEllen (née Blundell)
Spouses nameUnmarried
Fathers nameThomas Rimmer
SiblingsWillie, Annie Blundell , Harold, George, Jane Etta, Lizzie Blundell , Elsie Gladys, Arnold Roy
Children, , , ,
Cause of deathKilled in action
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Last known residenceFoxton
AliasAlick
Awards1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birthAshhurst, Manawatu, New Zealand
OccupationClerk (Trade was a Carpenter)
Place of deathChunuk Bair, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of arrival overseas07 June 1915
Theatres of warEgypt 1915, Gallipoli 1915,
Place of embarkationWellington on "Willochra" (HMNZT No 21)
SurnameRIMMER
War memorialFoxton, Foxton School
Place enlistedTrentham
Christian namesThomas Alick
Place of arrival overseasGallipoli
Overseas memorialChunuk Bair (NZ) Memorial 22
SchoolAshhurst; Foxton
WarsWW1
Service number10/1964
ReligionMethodist
Date enlisted04 January 1915
Final rankPrivate
Regiment or serviceWellington Regiment NZEF 4th Reinforcements B Coy
Embarkation date17 April 1915
User reference1.8

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Baptised: 24 Nov 1891 Ashhurst Methodist Church.

Enlisted as Corporal.

Probate: Will at Archives NZ, Wellington.

Father was a JP.

NOK: Mr Thomas Rimmer (sen), Foxton (Father)

Arrived Gallipoli (Anzac Cove) 7 June 1915. Was killed in the August Offensive on Chunuk Bair.

Family moved to Foxton from Ashhurst in 1906.

Hair: Black Complexion: Dark

Age on Enlistment: 23 years.

Eyes: Grey/Green. Weight: 150lb.

Height: 5'6" Chest: 32½" – 39"

Previous Military Training: 7th WWC Reg Territorials.

Medals sent to mother Mrs Ellen Rimmer, Box 38, Tauranga

Thankyou to Robin Rimmer for allowing us to use information from The Rimmer Family Book he wrote.

Any use of this item must be accompanied by the credit “Adopt an Anzac Project”