Regimental number | 872 |
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Locomotive driver |
Address | West Leederville, Western Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 44 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 190 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Eliza M Stranger, 74 St Leonards Avenue, West Leederville, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Perth, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | Railway Unit, Section 3 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 15/9/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Railway Company |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of cholerlithialis pertanitis adhesions. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Age at death | 54 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 54 |
Place of burial | Brookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row A, Grave No 10), Surrey, England |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 26 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Mary Elizabeth STRANGER; husband of E.M. STRANGER, 74 St Leonard's Avenue, West Leederville, Western Australia. Native of Ballarat, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Son: 165 Corporal Arthur Thomas STRANGER, 32nd Bn, killed in action, 20 July 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Fremantle, 29 January 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 March 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 11 May 1917. Admitted to 1/2 Stn Field Ambulance, 3 October 1917 (gastritis), and transferred to 63rd Casualty Clearing Station, and then to Ambulance Train No 20; to 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 8 October 1917 (gastritis and gallstones); to No 2 Convalescent Depot, 11 October 1917; to No 11 Convalescent Depot, Buchy, 31 October 1917; discharged to Base Depot, Havre, 17 January 1918; rejoined unit, in the field, 27 January 1918. Admitted to 1st Field Ambulance, 7 march 1918 (inflamed stomach); discharged to duty, 16 March 1918. Admitted to 1st Field Ambulance, 19 March 1918 (hydatid cyst liver), and transferred to 64th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 32, 20 March 1918, and admitted to hospital, Etaples, 20 March 1918; transferred to England, 23 March 1918, and admitted to Middlesex War Hospital, Clacton-on-Sea, 24 March 1918; transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 28 March 1918. Died of disease, 10 April 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, STRANGER Thomas James |