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Thomas TERRY

Regimental number215
Place of birthRye, Sussex, England
SchoolBoard School, Rye, Sussex, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMilk carter
AddressAvenue, Claremont, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Terry, Ashdown Cottage, Seventon near Ashford, Kent, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularMigrated with brother to Australia. Died of trench fever and pneumonia.
FateReturned to Australia 31 March 1919
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 162), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Mary TERRY, 30 Cudworth Road, South Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, England
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2263 Pte Oliver Frank TERRY, 51st Bn, killed in action, 7 July 1917.

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