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Thomas James IRELAND

Regimental number1885
Place of birthNorwood, South Australia
SchoolNorwood Public School, South Australia
Other trainingCitizen Foreces
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
Address2 Bond Street, Norwood, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, John Ireland, 2 Bond Street, Norwood, South Australia
Enlistment date2 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 November 1917
Age at death21.6
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 18), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Florence IRELAND, 2 Bond Street, Norwood, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother, Private William John Ireland

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