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Thomas Egan DYETT

Regimental number3022
Place of birthPort Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFactory hand
Address4 Littie Mountain Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 4"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs K Dyett, 4 Little Mountain Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 28 January 1916
Discharge date13 October 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt

Admitted to No 2 Auxiliary Hospital, Cairo, 15 January 1916 (pericarditis: dangerously ill); transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, 16 January 1916 (empyema: dangerously ill); removed from dangerously ill list, 25 January 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HS 'Kanowna', 28 January 1916, for discharge (pneumonia); disembarked Melbourne, 10 March 1916; discharged, Melbourne, 13 October 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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