| Date of enlistment | 14th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | C Company
Temporary transfer to Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Wounded in Action
Hospitalised sick twice |
Pte Thomas is photographed in the C Company picture,sitting 9th from the left, front row.
Summary of Private Thomas WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455.
| Date | Location | Event |
| 31st July 1919 | Australia | Discharged |
| 8th June 1919 | Australia | Disembarked Sardinia |
| 19th April 1919 | England | Return to Australia on Sardinia from Devonport |
| 11th April 1919 | England | Marched in to No.2 Group Sutton Veny from 1st Training Depot |
| 4th April 1919 | England | Discharged to Training Depot |
| 1st March 1919 | England | To 1st Australian General Hospital Sutton Veny sick – influenza |
| 12th February 1919 | England | Marched in to 1st Training Brigade from France |
| 30th November 1918 | France | Re-joined Unit from English leave |
| 4th November 1918 | England | To English leave |
| 6th August 1918 | France | Re-joined Unit |
| 18th July 1918 | France | To 49th CCS |
| 17th July 1918 | France | Wounded in Action – gassed |
| 24th October 1917 | Belgium | Re-joined Battalion |
| 10th October 1917 | Belgium | To 50th CCS hospital sick – scabies |
| 10th September 1917 | France | Re-joined Battalion |
| 31st August 1917 | France | Marched in to 2ADBD Le Havre |
| 30th August 1917 | England | Proceeded overseas to France from Perham Down via Southampton |
| 28th June 1917 | England | To 6th Training Brigade |
| 9th August 1916 | France | Returned to 22nd Battalion |
| 10th April 1916 | France | Transfer to 6th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 8th January 1916 | Egypt | Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir |
| 25th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Alexandria |
| 29th September 1915 | Australia | Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley |
| 3rd August 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 19th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into Broadmeadows depot |

FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE