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Thomas Joseph NEWTON

Regimental number3196
Place of birthBirmingham, England
SchoolGrace Rd Council School, Birmingham
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationJoiner
Address39 Greig Street, Seddon, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Mr J Newton, Seddon, Victoria
Enlistment date26 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 26 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe volunteered in Egypt as a Bomber and fell with many of his comrads in his first bombing engagement and was in France less than a week. (S J Newton Father)
FateKilled in Action 15 July 1916
Place of death or woundingleurbaix, Fromelles Battale
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 91), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Elizabeth NEWTON, 39 Greig Street, Seddon, Victoria

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