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Thomas William CHANCE

Regimental number1818
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWaterside worker
Address219 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Chance, Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 19 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll52nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 January 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBulls Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 31), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
154
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Elizabeth CHANCE, 219 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Tasmania. Native of Launceston, Tasmania

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