Daniell James “Dan” Tomlinson

Trooper · NZ #17292

What this roll records

Online Cenotaph record found in August 2026. A FARMER’S LABOURER in civilian life. He embarked as a TROOPER of the 2nd N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT (2NZEF Nominal Roll 4, p.354). ON THE NAME: the Museum spells his first forename DANIELL, with two Ls, exactly as this roll has always had it — an unusual spelling agreeing on both sides is stronger evidence of identity than an ordinary one. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, record 126074.

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.

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Where this comes from

• AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
• Listed in the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.

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