THOMAS, Claude Edison
| Service Number: | 12626 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gisborne, Victoria, Australia, 15 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | All Saints Grammar School, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fireman (railways) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 July 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 7 |
| Memorials: | Albert Park South Melbourne & Sydney Swans Football Club Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 12626, Australian Army Service Corps, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 8 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 12626, 4th Division Cyclist Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kabinga embarkation_ship_number: A58 public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 12626, 4th Division Cyclist Company, HMAT Kabinga, Melbourne | |
| 24 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 14 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , France | |
| 5 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 12626, 14th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Claude Edison Thomas played 13 games (1914-15) for the South melbourne FC in the VFL prior to enlistment.
Pte 12626 Claude Thomas was killed in action by a German shell during the attack on Vaire Wood, Hamel on 5 July 1918.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Edward Paul Thomas and Louisa Thomas, of "Verona," Old Sandgate Rd., Brisbane, Queensland.
HE DIED A NOBLE DEATH
THOMAS.- Killed in action on July 5, 1918, Pte. Claude Edison, 14th Battalion, fourth dearly loved son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. P. Thomas, "St. Anbyn," 14 Mary street, St. Kilda; also loved brother of Mrs. Yeend, Horace, Victor, Harold, Mrs. Stansfield, Mrs. Hughes, Clarence (on active service), Stan (on active service), and Mavis, aged 27 years.