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Thomas Francis OLDHAM

Regimental number6775
Place of birthPort Pirie, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressQueenstown, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Hooper, Queenstown, Tasmania
Enlistment date7 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A56 Palermo on 30 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Henry OLDHAM and Evelyn HOOPER, Queenstown, Tasmania
Other details

War service: embarked from Melbourne, 30 September 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 21 November 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 21 December 1916; taken on strength, 12th Bn, 2 January 1917.

Wounded in action, France, 14 April 1917 (gun shot wound, abdomen); admitted to 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 15 April 1917; died of wounds, 16 April 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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