CASHION, Thomas
| Service Number: | 2761 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Nackara, South Australia, June 1888 |
| Home Town: | Nackara, Peterborough, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia , 18 October 1960, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Peterborough Nackara & Partoo Roll of Honor, Peterborough St Anacletus Catholic Church Honour Board WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 23 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 2 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2761, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2761, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 1st Pioneer Battalion, GSW left arm |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jessica Bull
Thomas Cashion was born in approximately June, 1888. His parents were Bridget Lyons and Michael Cashion. He lived in Nackara, South Australia.
He was twenty six years and eleven months old when he enlisted in World War One on the 28th of May, 1915. When he enlisted his height was five feet nine inches and he weighed 170 lbs. His chest measurement was thirty five to thirty eight inches and his hair was auburn. He had blue eyes, his complexion was fair and his religion was Roman Catholic. He was a labourer, and his marital status was single. He embarked on board HMAT A68 Anchises on the 2nd of September, 1915.
He was a part of the 10th Battalion, 8th reinforcement and the 1st Pioneer Battalion during the war.
Whilst with the 10th battalion he arrived in Egypt in March, 1916 which was after the withdrawal from Gallipoli and then he sailed for France and the Western Front. While still in Egypt he was transferred to the 1st Peioneer Battalion (still within the 1st Division) and fought with them for the remainder of the war. From then until 1918, he took part in bitter trench warfare. His first major action in France was at Pozieres in the Somme valley in July. After that he fought at Ypres in Flanders before returning to the Somme for the winter. In 1917, he returned to Belgium to take part in the Third Battle of Ypres.
Then he went to the 1st Pioneer Battalion on the 13th of March ,1916 as a light military combat engineer and was located at the very forward edge of the battle area. The 1st Pioneer Battalion were light military combat engineers and operated at the very forward edge of the battle area. They were used to develop protection and mobility for supported troops. They made the trenches and put up all the barbed wire. The 1st Pioneer Battalion was raised to meet the needs of both engineers and infantry. Their skills were really broad from building, construction, to road and track preparation and maintenance.
On the 1st of June, 1918 he received a gunshot wound on his left arm and was admitted to No. 2 Australian General Hospital. He then couldn’t fight in the war anymore, so that’s where the fighting ended for him. He served out the war in a base depot at Le Havre.
He returned to Australia on the 19th of April, 1919, on board HT 'Sardinia'. He then disembarked Adelaide on the 3rd of June, 1919, and was discharged on the 27th of July, 1919.
After the war ended he was awarded three medals, 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
He then passed away on the 18th of October, 1960, in Adelaide.