HETHERINGTON, Thomas
| Service Number: | 1870 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, 29 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 3 August 1971, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Ashes scattered around Cemetery gardens |
| Memorials: | Gosnells Ward Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1870, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1870, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
Thomas Hetherington lived at 2 Clarence St Mt Lawley
Thomas Hetherington was born on the 29th of March 1895 at Stockton ,NSW. His parents were John Hetherington(1857-1906) and Mary Jane Hutton(1855-1953).
Thomas had 2 older siblings; Percy Byers Hetherington (1887-1961) and Leslie Hetherington, born 1888. Both applied to join the army. Percy in July 1917, while living at 2 Clarence St, was declared unfit to serve as he had lost 2 fingers of his left hand. Leslie SN 2924 enlisted in 1916 while living in Stanley St ,Mt Lawley.
Thomas was a Printer when he enlisted in March 1915. He was admitted to hospital with a Hernia whilst on training in July 1915 before he left to go overseas.
He was appointed Lance Corporal in Egypt in March 1916, in June the same year he travelled to France and some months later was promoted to Sergeant. In May 1917 he was transferred to the 70th Battalion from the 11th Battalion. In January 1918 he was promoted to Lieutenant in the field.
At the beginning of September he was admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to his scrotum.
He was invalided to England and hospitalised and placed on early return to Australia in December 1918.
It is assumed that Thomas moved around after his return as he is not listed at an address until 1949 at "Jarramongup Station"at Ongerup where he is listed as station manager. In 1951 he was at Kookynie moving back to Perth in later years to Nollamara.
However Thomas's brother Percy and his wife Beatrice Myrtle continued to live at the family home at Clarence St throughout the war and up to the 1950's.
Thomas married Sofia Henrietta Louise in 1948 and they had one son born in 1952 called Robert Ernest.
Thomas died 3rd of August 1971.
Submitted 9 February 2024 by beth McKechnie