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Charles Victor Vernon THOMAS

Regimental number5145
Place of birthBulgana, Victoria
SchoolSalt Creek State School, victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressStawell PO, Stawell, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ada Thomas, Stawell PO, Stawell, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 19 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBroodseinde Ridge, Passchendaele, Belgium
Age at death20.3
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall) (Garter Point Cemetery Memorial No. 24), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Griffith and Ada THOMAS, Stawell, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1306 Gunner Laven Llewlyn THOMAS MM, 22nd Field Artillery Brigade, died of wounds, France, 15 September 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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