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Thomas Austin McCORMICK

Regimental number1879
Place of birthMaffra, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressGoondiwindi, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Height5' 6.5"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinAunt, Mrs Norah Power, Bairnsdale, Gippsland, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 March 1916
Place of enlistmentWarwick, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A42 Boorara on 16 August 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1879B
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 2 January 1919
Discharge date4 April 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Admitted to Military Hospital, Fovant, 30 November 1916; transferred to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 26 December 1916; discharged to duty, 9 March 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 100 days.

Wounded in action, 4 April 1918.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 5 July 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Karmala', 2 January 1919; discharged (wounded), Brisbane, 4 April 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, McCORMICK Thomas Austin

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