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Tommy THOMAS

Regimental number1003
Place of birthLlanfyrnach, Pembrokeshire, Wales
SchoolBoard School, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Age on arrival in Australia28
ReligionCongregational
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, T Thomas, 8 Brick Rowe, Llanfyrusch, Pembroke, Wales
Enlistment date9 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'He always wrote cheerful letters to me during the time he was with the AIF. the hardship of Gallipoli he took with a true soldier's spirit.' (details from brother)
FateDied of wounds 15 September 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery (Plot B, Row 21, Grave No. 43), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
106
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary THOMAS, 1 Bridge Street, Port Talbot. Native of Llanfyrnach, Pembrokeshire

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