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Thomas Clifton ICK

Regimental number2867
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolScotch College, Claremont, Western Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDraftsman
AddressVictoria Parade, Claremont, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Gertrude Ick, Victoria Parade, Claremont, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Cadet Forces.
Enlistment date26 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name51st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/68/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateDied of disease 23 January 1918
Place of death or woundingOutrestein near Bailleul
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 47), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
153
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Postmaster General's Department Roll of Honour, Commonwealth of Australia Building, Perth, Western Australia. Dedicated to 'Officers from Western Australia who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918'. Parents: Thomas Edwin and Georgina Gertrude ICK, 27 Farmer Street, North Perth, Western Australia. Native of Melbourne, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 965 Lance Corporal Oswald Fraser ICK, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 20 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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