REGAN, Thomas
| Service Number: | 196 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Camperdown, Victoria, Australia, March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Phthisis, Harefield, England, United Kingdom, 3 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Harefield (St. Mary) Churchyard, Middlesex, United Kingdom Harefield (St Mary) Churchyard, Harefield, Hillingdon, England, United Kingdom, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camperdown War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 196, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 196, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 196, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 196, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 2nd July…… Thomas Regan was born at Camperdown, Victoria in January, 1889.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 26th September, 1914 as a 25 year old, single, Labourer from Wilson Street, Camperdown, Victoria.
Sergeant Thomas Regan, Service number 196, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Star of Victoria (A16) on 25th February, 1915 with the 3rd Light Horse Brigade, 8th Light Horse Regiment – “B” Squadron.
He embarked from Alexandria on 16th May, 1915 on Troopship Menominee for Gallipoli.
On 6th July, 1915 Sergeant Ryan was admitted to Hospital at Gaba Tepe with Debility. He arrived at Malta on 13th July, 1915 from Hospital Ship Clan McGillivray & was admitted to Imtarfa Military Hospital, Malta on 14th July, 1915. Sergeant Ryan was discharged from Imtarfa Military Hospital & embarked for England on 23rd September, 1915 on Hospital Ship Dover Castle.
Sergeant Thomas Regan was admitted to Military Hospital at Lewisham, London, England on 23rd September, 1915.
Base Records advised Mr W. Regan, Wilson Street, Camperdown, Victoria, on 7th December, 1915 that his son – Sergeant Thomas Regan was seriously ill with Pneumonia in Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, England.
On 5th June, 1916 Sergeant Regan was admitted to No. 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, England with Tubercle Lung.
Sergeant Thomas Regan died on 2nd July, 1916 at No. 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, England from Phthisis.
He was buried in St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Harefield, Middlesex, England where 112 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/o---w.html
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