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O'LOUGHLIN, Thomas Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4497 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1915, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Gulargambone, Coonamble, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 22 August 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4497, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4497, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4497, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 15 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 20th Battalion | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion | |
| 5 Mar 1918: | Honoured Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), Citation reads: When the Battalion was in the line in front of PasschenDdaele, 5/10/17 to 10/10/17, this N.C.O. did splendid and constant hard work in getting rations up to the men. During the tour of duty in Le Touquet sector near ArmetierESes, this N.C.O. performed yeoman service in getting hot food through the mud to the outposts | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4497, 20th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left arm | |
| 18 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4497, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was given as Gulargambone, NSW.
Son of Thomas O'Loughlin and Margaret O'Loughlin nee Howard of McRae Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Apprenticed to Daborew Coachpainters.
Commenced return to Australia on 20 November 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 5 January 1919
Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal