BANTOFT, Thomas Henry
| Service Number: | 1003 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1915, Moora, WA |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps |
| Born: | Chillsford, Suffolk, United Kingdom, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Moora, Moora, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stud Groom |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, France, 28 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Jerusalem War Cemetery Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bindi Bindi War Memorial, Jerusalem Memorial, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Moora WWI Honour Wall, Moora War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1003, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Moora, WA | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1003, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1003, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karoola, Fremantle | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 1003, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1003 awm_unit: 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-03-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Thomas Henry BANTOFT was born in Chillsford, Suffolk, England in 1895
His mother was Alice Eliza BANTOFT who married William REEVE in England in 1898
He enlisted in Moora, Western Australia on 16th February, 1915 and embarked from Fremantle, WA on the HMAT Karoola on 25th June, 1915 with the 10th Light Horse Regiment, 6th reinforcements
Thomas was Killed in Action in Palestine on 28th March, 1918 - no known grave - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Jerusalem War Memorial
IN MEMORY
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1895 Bantoft Thomas Henry Plomesgate 4a 979
Plomesgate is in the county of Suffolk.
Eyke is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the A1152 road near the town of Woodbridge.
He is remembered on the Eyke War Memorial which is situated inside the parish church and takes the form of carving in the oak wood reredos behind the altar. There are 15 names for World War 1 and 3 for World War 2. The memorial was unveiled on 30th May 1920 by the Ven. J G R Darling who also did the wood carving. Reported in the East Anglian Daily Times 31st May 1920.
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