THORLEY, Thomas Rupert
| Service Number: | 3471 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1917, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yea, Victoria, 14 August 1899 |
| Home Town: | Yea, Murrindindi, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Yea Public School |
| Occupation: | Butter Maker |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Mermaid Beach, Queensland, 22 October 1995, aged 96 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Yea School No 699 Great War Roll of Honor, Yea St. Luke's Anglican Church Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Wangaratta, Victoria | |
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| 16 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3471, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3471, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne | |
| 11 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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The son of William & Dinah Thorley, Melbourne Road, Yea, Victoria.
His occupation was a butter maker at the Yea Butter factory.
He returned to Yea after the war staying a few years before heading to the Western District town of Beulah and worked in the Saddlery Trade. He married there on the 16 August 1928 and they moved to Melbourne where he continued in the Saddlery trade and was assigned the task of making the harness for the elephants for the Melbourne Zoo. On the death of his wife, Elizabeth, on the 28 August 1983, he moved to Queensland to stay with relatives on his wife's side and in latter life he went into the Tri Care Centre, Mermaid Beach where he died.
Newhaven Crematorium, Queensland
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