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Thomas SAVAGE

Regimental number1868
Place of birthOldbury, North Birmingham, England
SchoolAnthony Road School, Alum Rock, Birminingham, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinF Savage, 108 Chatish Road, Soltby, Birmingham, England
Enlistment date21 November 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentArtificer
Unit name301st (Mechanical Transport), 8th Company, Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Park)
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/98/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollA.Sub.Park
FateKilled accidentally 13 December 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 5), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Hannah SAVAGE, 81 Common Lane, Washwood Heath, Brimingham, England

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