Private

Percy Tonkin

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of the late Christopher James and Mary Ellen Tonkin. Native of Kaiapoi, Canterbury.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
6/3490
Name:
Percy Tonkin
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Miss M. Tonkin (sister), care of Mrs T.H. Bayliss, Broom Street, Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
37 Naylor Street, Waimate, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Canterbury Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
27 September 1916
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
8th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
13 November 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 35
HMNZT 36
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
France
Percy Tonkin
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