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Thomas William GADD

Regimental number942
Place of birthFulham, Sussex, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBridge builder
Address138 Marmion Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation40
Height5' 7"
Weight171 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Ann Gadd, 138 Marmion Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 July 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 10 June 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Western Australia Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date18 September 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt.

Disembarked Suez, ex-HMAT 'Geelong', 18 December 1915.

Admitted to No 8 Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 19 January 1916 (chronic bronchitis); transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 20 January 1916 (chronic bronchitis and asthma); to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 25 January 1916; to No 4 Hospital Train, 27 January 1916; to No 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 27 January 1916 (scarletina); to Oversea's Base, Ghezireh, 11 March 1916.

Admitted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Ghezireh, 14 March 1916, and transferred to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, the same day (asthma).

Declared permanently unfit, 29 March 1916, due to asthma since arrival in Egypt, and periodic asthma attacks 3 years prior to enlistment.

To No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 30 March 1916; discharged from No 1 Auxiliary Hospital for return to Australia, 9 June 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HMAT 'Itonus', 10 June 1916; disembarked, 18 July 1916; discharged (medically unfit), Perth, 18 September 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death20 August 1928

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