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William Lionel Gordon THOMAS

Regimental number3220
Place of birthMoonta, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationEngine driver
AddressBrown Hill, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs Margaret Josephine Thomas, 21 Little Howard Street, South Fremantle, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 September 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name51st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/68/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 August 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialLa Plus Douve Farm Cemetery (Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. I), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
154
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mathias and Eliza THOMAS; husband of Margaret Josephine THOMAS, Bancroft Street, Portland, Victoria. Native of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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