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 |