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Trooper Thomas McCahon

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TitleTrooper Thomas McCahonSummaryA soldier in World War One. DescriptionThomas was born 27 November 1894 at Oxford, son of Thomas and Fanny McCahon, where he also attended school. Before enlisting he had been employed on Mr W. Jenkins's farm at Waddington and was well-liked by all who knew him. He had previous military experience with School Cadets. He was 5ft 9in tall, with a fair complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair. He also had a mole on the left side of his chest and a birth mark on his right arm.

Thomas enlisted 14 February 1915 at Trentham and was assigned to the Machine Gun Corps embarking on 13 June 1916 with the Fifth Reinforcements. He served at Gallipoli and was one of the last to leave the Peninsula. His cousin Signaller J. McCahon was killed during the landing at Gallipoli. After the evacuation of Gallipoli he arrived in Alexandria on Boxing Day 1915 and a month later he moved out to the Suez Canal zone. He was transferred to the Mounted Rifles on 8 July and then went on to base at Kantara on 18 July 1916. On 4 August there was a major battle at Romani to protect the Rail line from the Ottoman Turk attack. He died of a head wound, a compound fracture of the skull, on 4 August 1916, aged 21. He is buried in the Kantara War Cemetery, Egypt. In New Zealand Thomas is remembered on the Malvern County and Sheffield War Memorials.
First NameThomasLast NameMcCahonFamilySingleDate of Death4 August 1916Cause of DeathDied from a head injuryAge at Death21

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CollectionSoldiers of Selwyn World War OneImageMalvern War MemorialSheffield War MemorialMore InformationAuckland War Memorial Cenotaph

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Memorial or CemeteryKantara War CemeteryMalvern County War MemorialSheffield War Memorial Occupation before EnlistingFarmerRegiment or ServiceMachine Gun CorpsEnlistment Details14th February 1915 at TrenthamService Number7/1118Embarkation13th June 1916CountryNew Zealand

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Researched ByL. M. SeatonTaken FromPhoto taken from Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph. Please refer to this site for the photo’s copyright license

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Trooper Thomas McCahon