Regimental number | 2446 |
Place of birth | Ballarat West, Victoria |
School | Redan State School, Ballarat West, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Warper |
Address | 418 Raglan Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs H Thomas, 418 Raglan Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the 71st Battalion, Citizen Military Forces, Ballarat, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 58th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 21.10 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Hooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XII, Row G, Grave No. 2), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 166 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Mary THOMAS, 427 Armstrong Street South, Ballarat West, Victoria. Native of Ballarat, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: returned to Australia. |