PRINCE, Thomas Phillip
| Service Number: | 1791 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Railway Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, 29 December 1858 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield, Waratah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer driver |
| Died: | Sandgate, New South Wales, Australia, 25 February 1943, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Anglican_1; Section 83; Plot 65 |
| Memorials: | Islington St Mark's Honour Roll, N.S.W.G.R. Loco Depot Port Waratah HR |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1791, Railway Unit (AIF) | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 1791, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Sergeant, 1791, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Thomas Phillip Prince was born in Middlesex, England in 1858, he joined the Royal Navy as a lad, and took part in the Ashanti war (1873) and at the bombardment of Alexandria and operations at Tel-el-Kebir in Egypt (1882). He came to New South Wales during 1885 and served for many years in the Railway Department. At 58 years he joined the A.I.F. in the 1st World War, and as a member of the 2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company he drove a train in the Ypres sector. He was returned to Australia with rheumitism during March 1918.
He had five sons serve in WW1, three with the AIF, one with the RAN and one with a British Rifle Brigade. One son, Sgt. F. G. Prince. died on active service in WW2 in Darwin during 1942. Mr. Prince was reported to have never missed an Anzac Day march before 1938.
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