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Thomas Cifford McGUINESS

Regimental number1756
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolDaylesford State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMiner
AddressKidds Gully, Daylesford, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, George McGuiness, Kidds Gully, Daylesford, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Commonwealth Citizen Forces
Enlistment date14 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
FateKilled in Action 22 July 1918
Place of death or woundingHamel, France
Age at death22.10
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot X, Row B, Grave No. I), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Sarah MCGUINESS, Kids Gully, Daylesford, Victoria
Medals

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 185
Date: 27 November 1918

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