Initial of “T” for first given name, place of abode, from marriage notice of son in the Gisborne Herald 16 April 1945 found on NZ PapersPast in January 2019:
MARRIAGE
Flint - McGonagle. - At the Baptist Manse, 218 Stout St., on 14th April by the Rev. E. M. Enright, Kenneth John Flint, only son ol Mr. and Mrs. T. Flint, Huddenfield, England, to Elsie Roma McGonagle (nee Collett), only daughter of Mrs. M. Collett, Gisborne, and the late Mr. A. E. Collett.

Full first given name of “Thomas” from Vivienne Margaret McGonagle in a telephone conversation with Brian of nzolivers on 22 February 2019. Vivienne is the daughter of wife Nellie’s sister, Elsie Roma Collett. b1910.

Year and place of marriage, from England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Thomas Flint
Spouse Surname: Macdonald
Registration Year: 1913
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Holbeck
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9b
Page: 1015

Estimated year of birth, occupation, from 1911 England Census
Name: Thomas Flint
Age in 1911: 32
Estimated Birth Year: 1879
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Civil parish: Armley and Bramley
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street Address: 12 Roseneath Place Oldfield Lane Leeds
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Motor Car Driver (commercial)
Registration district: Bramley
Registration District Number: 499
Sub-registration district: Wortley
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Piece: 26877
Household Members:
Name and Age
Thomas Flint 32
Mary Ann Flint 29 [Second given name should be Ellen or Helen, sounds like Ann? b circa 1882 which matches]
Herbert Flint 9
Thomas Flint 6
Maie Flint 3
Leonard Flint 1
[Brian of nzolivers notes that son, Kenneth John Flint was not born until 1918]

Date of birth, address of “20 Greenhead Lane, Huddersfield, England” matches that given by son Kenneth for New Zealand Army WWII Nominal Rolls:
1939 England and Wales Register, Yorkshire (West Riding) / Huddersfield CB / KFEG
Name: Thomas Flint
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1879
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 20 Greenhead Lane
Residence Place: Huddersfield Yorkshire (West Riding) England
Occupation: Commercial Transport Coop
Schedule Number: 100
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: KFEG
Registration district: 495/6
Inferred Spouse: Mary Ellen Flint
Household Members:
Name and Age
Thomas Flint 60 married
Mary Ellen Flint 56 Born 22 March 1883 married Occupation: Unpaid domestic duties

Thomas’ son New Zealand Army WWII Nominal Rolls, 1939-1948
Name: Kenneth John Flint
Embarkation: 1940-1941
Army Number: 29001
Conjugal status: Single
Last Residence: Gisborne New Zealand
Relative Name: Mr T Flint. 20 Greenhead Lane, Dalton, Huddersfield, England
Relationship: Father