Regimental number | 5629 |
Place of birth | Muikirk, Scotland |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Cessnock, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 40 |
Height | 5'5.75" |
Weight | 144 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, T Summers, senior, Daniel Street, Cessnock, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Broadmeadow, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Tunnelling Companies, October 1916, Reinforcements |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Date of death | |
Age at death from cemetery records | 45 |
Place of burial | Sangate Cemetery (Grave No. 42), Sangate, New South Wales |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 27 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Celini SUMMERS. Native of Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Marathon', 6 November 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 1 January 1919, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 7 February 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SUMMERS Thomas Scott |