Rfn. Thomas Davis Mockford

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Rfn. Thomas Davis Mockford

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Death: September 30, 1917 (21)
Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium (World War I: Killed in Action.)
Place of Burial: Zonnebeke, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Davis Chapman Mockford and Bridget Mockford
Brother of Thomas William Mockford; NR Mockford; Julia McLaren; Mary Keen; Ruth McEwen and 1 other
Half brother of Emma Catherine Williams

Occupation: New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion.
Find A Grave ID: 12902745
Service No: WWI 13066
Managed by: Tina Samson
Last Updated:

About Rfn. Thomas Davis Mockford

Thomas Davis Mockford was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 29 January 1896. He was the son of Thomas Davis Chapman Mockford and Bridget Mockford (nee Donohue) who had married in Dunedin on 22 March 1879. During World War I, Thomas served with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion. He was killed in action at Ypres on 30 September 1917 and is remembered on the Buttes New British Cemetery New Zealand Memorial.

Sources

  1. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
  2. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohMe.html / Ref 12.4.2021
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Rfn. Thomas Davis Mockford's Timeline

1896
January 29, 1896
Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand

Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1896/13900).
Confirms date as 29/1/1896.

1917
September 30, 1917
Age 21
Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
September 30, 1917
Age 21
Buttes New British Cemetery New Zealand Memorial, Zonnebeke, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium