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Thomas HADDOCK

Regimental number1411
Place of birthWinchester, Hampshire, England
Place of birthLurgan, Ireland
SchoolHigh Street School, Walthamstow
Age on arrival in Australia15.6
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinJ Haddock, 66 Erskine Street, Walthamstow, London, England
Enlistment date17 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 2, Brigade Ammunition Column
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A27 Southern on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Unspecified


Recommendation date: 7 August 1915

Other details from Roll of Honour CircularA first class swimmer. Won many prizes as a school boy
FateDied of disease 16 November 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialChatby War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 103), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
21
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary HADDOCK, 66 Erskine Road, Walthamstow, Essex, England
Family/military connectionsThree other brothers. J.G. Haddock, Joseph Haddock and Robert Charles Haddock who won the MM

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