Thomas Marshall Percy Grace

Second Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Lawrence Marshall Grace and Henerieta Kahui Grace, of 50, Russell Terrace, Wellington. Native of Pukawa, Lake Taupo.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Some Māori had been at Gallipoli since the landings on 25th April, having enlisted in the provincial infantry battalions. One such man was Second Lieutenant Thomas (Haami) Grace of the Wellington Battalion.
An old boy of Wellington College, Grace was a talented sportsman. He played rugby for the New Zealand Māori teams that toured New Zealand in 1911 and Australia in 1913 and also played cricket for Wellington. A noted marksman, he was an effective sniper at Gallipoli. He was killed on 8th August as the Wellington Battalion seized the crucial heights of Chunuk Bair and is remembered on the Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial.

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Casualty

Service Number:

10/127

Name:

Thomas Marshall Percy Grace

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Lawrence M. Grace, Government Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

99 Coromandel Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Armed Force:

Army

Unit:

NZEF, Wellington Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

08 August 1915

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Main Body

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

16 October 1914

Transport:

HMNZT 7
HMNZT 10

Vessel:

Limerick or Arawa

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

Cemetery Location:

Turkey