Thomas Joseph “Tom” McGarry

Trooper · NZ #1214 · MID

Rank	Trooper
Service number	NZ #1214
Role	Driver
Known as	“Tom”
Honours	MID
Record	https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C137790

What this roll records

The prefix NZ has been added to his service number, on the authority of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph record already linked on this card — the Museum holds him as a New Zealand service person. The digits are unchanged. This roll formerly left the number unmarked, which made it look like a British number to anyone reading the field rather than the card.

Cenotaph-verified 27 Jul 2026 (record link added).

Honour MID added from LRP Roll. Source: LRP Roll (Original LRP Nominal Roll as at 5 Dec 1940, Capt L H Browne).

Farm hand in civilian life. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

Embarkation detail from his Cenotaph record: he embarked as Trooper. This agrees with the rank held on this card. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, record C137790.

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Where this comes from

AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 1, p.111. Unit history: Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry.
Listed in the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.

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