Regimental number | 2434 |
Place of birth | Heathcote, Victoria |
School | Wy Yeang State School, victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Bairnsdale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Next of kin | Father, William Bainbridge Thexton, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
Previous military service | 13th ALH; Served in the Light Horse (Bairnsdale district), Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, 17th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A6 Clan Maccorquodale on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Trooper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | LH 8 |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of illness, Perth Hospital, Western Australia. |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Name does not appear on Nominal Roll |
Place of death or wounding | Perth, Western Australia |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 31 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Karrakatta Cemetery, Portion Church of England, Plot C.I, Grave No. 407), Western Australia |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 6 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Bainbridge and Elizabeth Meews THEXTON. Native of Bairnsdale, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3399 Pte George Clifton THEXTON, 37th Bn, died of illness, Lancaster, England, 10 April 1918; 4609 Pte James Winwick THEXTON, 59th Bn, killed in action, France, 19 July 1916. |