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Thomas Baker HEFFER

Date of birth9 July 1885
Place of birthWanganui, New Zealand
SchoolThorndon School, Wellington, New Zealand
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
Address15 Orlando Avenue, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs A M Heffer, 15 Orlando Avenue, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name19th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 12 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
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Captain


Unit: 15th Battalion
Promotion date: 16 March 1917

Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Blenheim, New Zealand, branch, 1 November 1903. Transferred to Wellington branch, 1909; to Laukota branch, Fiji, April 1910; Suva branch, November 1910; to Head Office, Sydney, July 1911.
FateReturned to Australia No details enetered on Nominal
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Wounded in action, 8 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 179.

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