Thomas MITCHELL

MITCHELL, Thomas

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 15 May 1915
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
Born: Redfern, Sydney New South Wales, 18 September 1880
Home Town: Ganmain, Coolamon, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Merchant
Died: Killed In Action, France, 12 May 1917, aged 36 years
Cemetery: Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt
Plot III, Row A, Grave 15 Headstone Inscription "HE ROSE RESPONSIVE TO THE CALL HE GAVE FOR US HIS LIFE, HIS ALL"
Memorials: Ganmain Memorial Gates
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World War 1 Service

15 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion
4 May 1916: Involvement 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916: Embarked 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
12 May 1917: Involvement Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-12

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of John MITCHELL and the late Mary NATTIMORE; husband of Ivy L. WEBER, of "Canowenda," 5 William Street, Brighton, Victoria, Australia. Born at Redfern, New South Wales.