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Thomas Timothy GLEESON

Regimental number2428
Place of birthWarwick, Queensland
SchoolYangan State School, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressYangan, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Next of kinFather, Thomas Gleeson, Pine Lands near Crow's Nest, Queensland
Enlistment date9 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name47th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 19 September 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2428A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 August 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death42
Place of burialDerr House Cemetery No. 2. (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 4), Wytschaete, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
143
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Margaret GLEESON, Crow's Nest, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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