Regimental number | 4609 |
Place of birth | Heathcote, Victoria |
School | Wy Yeang State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Mitchell Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 130 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Mr W B Thexton, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
Previous military service | Member for 6 months of Bairnsdale Rifle Club. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 18), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Bainbridge and Elizabeth Mews THEXTON, Dalston Road, Oakleigh, Victoria. Native of Heathcote, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3399 Pte George Clifton THEXTON, 37th Bn, died of illness, Lancaster Hospital, England, 10 April 1918; 2434 Pte William George THEXTON, 8th Light Horse Regiment, died of illness, Perth Hospital, Western Australia, 15 May 1916; 4608 Pte John Edward THEXTON, 59th Bn, returned to Australia, 13 February 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916. Transfsrred to 57th Bn, 29 March 1916; taken on strength, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916. Transferred to 59th Bn, and taken on strength, Ferry Post, 3 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried in No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, THEXTON James Winwick |