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THOMAS, Charles Walter
| Service Number: | 585 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Custon, South Australia, Australia, 1 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Packer, South Australian Railways |
| Died: | Glencoe, South Australia, Australia, 23 June 1957, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Gambier Lake Terrace Cemetery Cemetery: Lake Terrace Cemetery - Mount Gambier Section: K Plot/Grave/Niche: 560 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Bordertown Wolseley Roll of Honor, Wolseley War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 585, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 585, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 585, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 10 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 585, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières |
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Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA: 1910 - 1924) Wednesday 27 January 1915
RAILWAY STAFF CHANGES.
Mr. C. W. Thomas, of the maintenance branch, has accepted a position on the permanent staff connected with the No. 4 flying gang on the Karoonda-Waikerie branch Line.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124917866
Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA: 1861 - 1954) Tuesday 10 September 1918
PRIV. G. J. THOMAS KILLED.
Mrs. A. E. Thomas, Jane-street, Mount Gambier, was advised yester- day by Col. F. H. Howland, acting for the Ven. Archdeacon Samwell, who is at present in Adelaide, that her son, Priv. George John Thomas, of the 43rd Battalion, had been killed in action on August 28. Priv. Thomas was born at Custon (S.A.) in 1893, and was thus, at his death, 25 years of age. He was working as a packer in the South Australian railway service at Mile-End when he enlisted on February 7, 1916. He was attached to C Company of the 43rd Battalion, and sailed from Australia on June 9 of the same year. After arriving in France he was wounded some 14 months ago, but after being in hospital in England he recovered sufficiently to go back to the trenches. Again last July word was received that he had been gassed, and now, as stated above, the sad information is to hand that he has been killed in action. The deceased was a bright and popular young fellow, and the announcement of his early death will be regretted by a large circle of friends. He visited Mount Gambier only once, and that was for a short period about two or three years ago. Another son of Mrs. Thomas, Lieut. William Henry Thomas, was killed in action on April 11, 1917, and this patriotic mother has yet another son, Private Charles Walter Thomas, with the 48th Battalion of the A.I.F. At present, however, he is ill in hospital in England, but it is hoped he will make an early recovery.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77658964
Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA: 1861 - 1954) Tuesday 1 April 1919
AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES.
Mrs. E. A. Thomas, of Jane-street, Mount Gambier, has been advised by the military authorities that her son, Priv. C. W. Thomas, of the 43rd Batt., is returning to Australia by the transport Nevasa, which left England on March 5, and is due in Melbourne about April 19.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77750070