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GARTH, Thomas James
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | R782, 782 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lucknow, India, 1 June 1867 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Various military schools |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 November 1916, aged 49 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Lawley - Inglewood War Memorial , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, R782, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, R782, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 782, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 782 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-11-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
A father of three boys who served in the AIF, 782 Sergeant Thomas James Garth, 28th Battalion AIF, was killed in action 3rd/6th November, 1916. He was 49 years of age, the husband of Sarah Garth, of Mowbray, Launceston, Tasmania. He had been born at Lucknow, India, and had served for 21 years in the British Imperial Army with the 7th Royal Fusiliers. His father was most likely in the Army as he was educated in various military schools. He came out to Australia with his family during 1911. Having no known grave, he is also remembered on the Villers Bretonneaux Memorial in France.
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