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SHEA, Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 276 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 5 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 31 December 1935, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Unmarked pauper's grave: Plot : Mon10-71/#/51 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 276, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 276, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 24 Jan 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Battle of Messines, Awarded Military Medal for gallantry in the field on July 31 1917 in the face of a gas attack he dashed over the top to carry back to safety three of his comrades who had collapsed from the effects of the gas. Military Medal was promulgated in the Commonwealth Gazette, No.9, dated 24/1/1918. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by ken cowan
Private Thomas Shea was a war hero, having been awarded the Military Medal for bravery in WW1.
However, the effects of being gassed in the trenches in the war had a serious impact on his physical health and he was unable to work after his discharge and combined with having not been granted a service pension he continued to suffer.
He was found deceased in Wickham Park, Brisbane on New Year's Eve 1935 and susequently was buried in a pauper's grave at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane.
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