Thomas Clifford Charles ALLISON

ALLISON, Thomas Clifford Charles

Service Number: 3346
Enlisted: 17 April 1917
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
Born: Talbot, Victoria, Australia, 15 May 1888
Home Town: Talbot, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling: Talbot State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France
Plot III, Row O, Grave No. 7
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3346, 59th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1917: Involvement Private, 3346, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1917: Embarked Private, 3346, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney
9 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3346, 59th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Brothers Sgt 1432 John Clyde Allison killed in action 24/4/18.

Biography

Thomas Clifford Charles ALLISON was born in 1888 in Talbot, Victoria

His parents were Thomas ALLISON and Christina MATTHAMS

He enlisted 17th April, 1917 as a Private in the 59th Battalion

Unit embarked from Sydney on HMAT Port Melbourne 16th July, 1917

Thomas was Killed In Action on 9th April, 1918 in Villers Bretonneux, France

Buried Adelaide Cemetery, Villers Bretonneux france

Three of his brothers also served - George, Jack & Lindley

OBITUARY - The Argus - Melbourne 27.4.1918

On 9th April, 1918, Thomas Clifford Charles Allison, son of the late Thomas and Christina Allison of Talbot, loving brother of Sergeants George & Jack and Private Lindley Alison (on active service) and of Jim, Arthur, Tom, Mrs. N McLean of Wonthaggi & Mrs A Sorenson of Tooborac, loving nephew of Mrs. T Allison of Talbot, aged 30 years For 14 years in the clerical service of the Victorian Railways Department

 

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