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Thomas Nowell TWOPENY

Regimental number3928
Place of birthHammond, South Australia
SchoolGeelong Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressBishon Grove, Albyn Grove, Strathfield, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 8"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, E N Twopeny, Barrindalkie, W. Quorn, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in Gellong Grammar School Cadets; member for 3 months of Malvern, Victoria, Rifle Club.
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3928A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row F, Grave No. 10A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
71
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward Howell and Amelia TWOPENY, Quorn, South Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as TWOPENNY.
SourcesNAA: B2455, TWOPENY Thomas Nowell

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