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TOST, Roy Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 54521 |
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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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Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Apr 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 54521, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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