Roy Henry TOST

TOST, Roy Henry

Service Number: 54521
Enlisted: 25 April 1918
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements
Born: Balmain, Sydney, NSW, 2 September 1890
Home Town: Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Builder's Labourer
Died: Drowning, Sydney, NSW, 26 April 1943, aged 52 years
Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
PA - Presbyterian FM A, Position 560 - Unmarked grave
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World War 1 Service

25 Apr 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 54521, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements
19 Jun 1918: Involvement Private, 54521, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Field Marshal embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Jun 1918: Embarked Private, 54521, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

WATERSIDE WORKER
DROWNED
Roy Henry Tost, 50, a waterside worker, of Francis Street, Sydney, was found drowned in Sydney Harbour last night It is thought that Tost fell into the harbour while stepping from one lighter to another after having left the ship on which he was working to go to tea. His body was recovered by fellow wharf-labourers