WINTERBINE, Thomas Henry
| Service Numbers: | 230, 230A |
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| Enlisted: | 22 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 16 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal trimmer |
| Died: | Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 29 July 1924, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-72. 109. |
| Memorials: | Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates, Carrington Football Club HR, Cook's Hill Superior Public School |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 230, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 230, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 230, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 230, 56th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW both thighs | |
| 4 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 230A, 56th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
99 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 30th July 1924, Private Thomas Henry Winterbine, 56th Battalion (Reg No-230A), coal trimmer from the Oriental Hotel, Carrington, New South Wales and 145 Gipps Street, Carrington, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 36. ANGLICAN 1-72. 109.
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 16th May 1888 as TOM H to Thomas Daniel and Sarah Winterbine of Gipps Street, Carrington, New South Wales; husband of Winifred Mabel Winterbine nee Wallis (married 1920, Wickham, N.S.W., remarried to William Arthur Richards 1938, Newcastle, N.S.W., died possibly 19.8.1988, CATHOLIC 2-61. 51), Tom enlisted on the 22nd November 1915 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Wounded in action - 2.4.1917 (GSW both legs, mild).
Admitted to hospital 8.4.1917.
Granted leave to England from the 4.10.1918 to the 23.10.1918.
Tom returned home on the 19th July 1919, being discharged on the 4th September 1919.
Also transferred to the 56th Battalion, who arrived home on the 26th June 1919. Tragically, John took his own life on the 20th June 1931, age-54. Resting at ANGLICAN 2-113. 71. I submitted an application to DVA May 2020 asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque to be placed at his marked gravesite, and this was accepted September 2021. Plaque placed at gravesite - 12.2.2023. Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance January 2023. Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
Mr. Winterbine’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates and the Carrington Football Club Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies at Tom’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Older brother George Henry (born 25.12.1881, Carrington, New South Wales, horse driver from Gipps Street, Carrington, New South Wales, enlisted 13.9.1915, 30th Battalion, Reg No-2189, admitted to hospital 5.8.1918 (severe trench fever), RTA 9.9.1919 with wife Julia, 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, died 8th March 1958, age-76, not officially commemorated) resting at the cemetery in an unmarked grave. ANGLICAN 3-200. 37.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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