| Regimental number | 49 |
| Place of birth | Footscray, Victoria |
| School | State School, Prahran, Victoria |
| Religion | Protestant |
| Occupation | Boilermaker |
| Address | 256 High Street, Prahran, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 19 |
| Next of kin | John Thomas, 256 High Street, Prahran, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Served in the Cadets, Prahran, Victoria. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
| Unit name | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/21/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Australian Divisional Signal Company |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Accidentally killed at a railway crossing, Newport, Wales. |
| Fate | Returned to Australia |
| Place of death or wounding | Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death | 22 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
| Place of burial | Williamstown Cemetery, Victoria |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 26 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of John THOMAS. Native of Footscray, Victoria. Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, Victoria. |
| Family/military connections | Brother: 917 Driver Frederick George THOMAS, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, accidentally killed, Newport, Wales, 26 December 1918; Half-Brother: Alfred Earnest GOODWIN, killed in action, France, 26 October 1916. |