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Charles Albert THOMAS

Regimental number49
Place of birthFootscray, Victoria
SchoolState School, Prahran, Victoria
ReligionProtestant
OccupationBoilermaker
Address256 High Street, Prahran, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinJohn Thomas, 256 High Street, Prahran, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets, Prahran, Victoria.
Enlistment date1 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name2nd Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on 21 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Australian Divisional Signal Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularAccidentally killed at a railway crossing, Newport, Wales.
FateReturned to Australia 23 October 1918
Place of death or woundingNewport, Monmouthshire, Wales
Date of death26 December 1918
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialWilliamstown Cemetery, Victoria
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of John THOMAS. Native of Footscray, Victoria. Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, Victoria.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 917 Driver Frederick George THOMAS, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, accidentally killed, Newport, Wales, 26 December 1918; Half-Brother: Alfred Earnest GOODWIN, killed in action, France, 26 October 1916.

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