Thomas Henry Louis Cross

  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Born 14 February 1894, Bluff, Southland, New Zealand
  • Died 10 April 1961, Riverton
  • Last rank Corporal
  • Service number 16/883
  • Served In 2nd Māori Contingent, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Pioneer (Māori) Battalion
  • Next of Kin Mr Joseph Cross (father), Kaka Point, Port Molyneux, Otago
  • Pre-war occupation Labourer, J. Stewart, Ocean Beach
  • ReligionChurch of England (Anglican)
  • Enlisted28 May 1915, Otago
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 29 Waitemata, departed 18 September 1915, Wellington, disembarked Suez, Egypt, 26 October 1915.
  • Theatres of operationGallipoli 1915, Egyptian 1915-1916, Egyptian E.F. 1916 and Western Front 1916
  • Periods of service143 days in New Zealand, three years and 125 days overseas, in Egypt and Western Europe. Total service of three years and 268 days.
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Ruahine, 22 January 1919
  • Discharged19 February 1919, no longer physically fit for service on account of wounds received in action. (Hit by explosive, right leg amputated, 4 August 1916, France.)
  • Awarded1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Notes

Profile photo credit: Otago Witness 30 August 1916 via The Onward Project