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Ernest Lewis Albert THOMAS

Regimental number10369
Place of birthElsternwick, Victoria
SchoolLast St State School, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Other training
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPrinter
Address61 Moore Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinSister-in-Law, Mrs Emma Thomas, 61 Moore Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Enlistment date3 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name10th Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Company Engineers
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName spelled Louis on RoH circular. Wounded in France; died in Cambridge General Hospital, England.
FateDied of wounds 5 June 1917
Place of death or woundingHouplines, France
Age at death28.6
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialHuntingdon Cemetery (RRR. 36), Bedford and Huntingdon
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Lewis Roland and Ellen THOMAS, 4 Huntley Street, Glenhuntly, Victoria

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