THOMAS, Frederic Malcolm
| Service Number: | 2016 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingsbridge, Devon, England, United Kingdom, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Gladesville, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 27 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery INSCRIPTION FOR EVER WITH THE LORD Grave VI. J. 18., Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2016, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2016, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 20 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 2016, 17th Infantry Battalion, At the time he died, he held the rank of Company Sergeant Major | |
| 27 Feb 1917: | Involvement 2016, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2016 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1917-02-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 27 and the son of William John and Louie Thomas.
He is honoured on the Kingsbridge War Memorial, the town of his birth in Devon, England.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He worked a farm on his own at Chambercombe before he left for Australia.
He is also honoured on the Ilfracombe War Memorials.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is one of two Australian soldier casualties of the Great War who are honoured on both Ilfracombe War Memorials - the other being Private Jack Sanders, Service Number 2874, of the 36th Battalion, Australian Jnfantry. Son of Mrs. Ethel Symons of 8 Wilder Road and the late George Sanders, late of High Street, Ilfracombe. Born in Ilfracombe. Died 12 October 1917 aged 21.
ILFRACOMBE WAR MEMORIAL
This memorial is Grade II protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England.
E M COURTENAY POLLOCK RBA RBS (Sculptor)
Unveiled and dedicated 11th November 1924
Garden of Remembrance
Between Church Road and Church Hill, Ilfracombe,
North Devon, Devon, EX34 8BL, England.
Bronze figure of Victory surmounting a Tuscan column and granite plinth, on a two stepped base. There are brass plaques with names for the First World War on the sides of the plinth, and the main dedication is laid with lead lettering on the front face of the upper base.
He had served for 6 years in the North Devon Imperial Yeomanry.
He also saw service at Rabaulin 1914 and 1915.
His father was deceased; his mother, Mrs. Hunt lived at Thornton Heath, Surrey. His sister M.D. Thomas also lived there.
His brother, Alick N.Thomas lived in Gladesville, NSW, Australia.
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