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=== Arthur John Moore Burrowes === | === Arthur John Moore Burrowes === | ||
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| + | === John Walter (Jack) Thomas === | ||
| + | C Company 13th Reinforcements. No 3 Company NZ Machine Gun Corp. | ||
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| + | [http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/spydus/FULL/GLOBAL/OPHDR/4711/7609,15 Correspondence], 1915-1918, by [http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C69912 Jack Thomas (Service No 24247 )], Alexander Turnbull Library (MS-Papers-1543) | ||
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| + | Letters home to his younger sister Annie Thomas (later Payne). Papers also include letters from brothers George (Service No: 6/367) and Frank (Service No: 35504) and family friend Alick McKay (Service No: 24195) | ||
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=== Other official documents === | === Other official documents === | ||
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| + | * [http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/spydus/FULL/GLOBAL/OPHDR/526/347263,91 Roll book for Canterbury Section, No 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion, 1917-1918] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:11, 31 January 2016
| New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion | |
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| Years active: | – |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Service: | New Zealand Army |
| Branch: | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
| Type: | Machine gun |
| Specific type: | Machine gun battalion |
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| Sources for overview: | |
| Created: | |
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| Disbanded: | |
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| For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. | |
Contents
Personal narratives
John Walter (Jack) Thomas
C Company 13th Reinforcements. No 3 Company NZ Machine Gun Corp.
Correspondence, 1915-1918, by Jack Thomas (Service No 24247 ), Alexander Turnbull Library (MS-Papers-1543)
Letters home to his younger sister Annie Thomas (later Payne). Papers also include letters from brothers George (Service No: 6/367) and Frank (Service No: 35504) and family friend Alick McKay (Service No: 24195)
Related media
Official Sources
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