WAITE, Thomas James
| Service Numbers: | 1926, 1926B |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1916, 4 years Cadets and Militia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Blaina, Wales, August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clipper in coal mine |
| Died: | Eleebana, New South Wales, Australia, 26 November 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Ashes interred Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W., Loggia 1 D/118, |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1926, 34th Infantry Battalion, 4 years Cadets and Militia | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 1926, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 1926, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 13 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1926B, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd MD, medically discharged (shell shock) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 40th name inscribed is Private Thomas James Waite.
On the 27th November 1959, the funeral was held at Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W. for Private Thomas James Waite, 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion (Reg No- 1926B), clipper in coal mine from Maitland Road, Minmi, New South Wales and Stephen Street, Cessnock, N.S.W. (1939) and Eleebana, N.S.W. Ashes interred Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W., Loggia 1 D/118, date unknown.
WAITE, Thomas James, Funeral notice, 27 NOV 1959, late of Eleebana, Newcastle Herald , 27 NOV 1959.
Born at Blaina, Wales possibly August? 1897? to Thomas James, died 3.6.1934, Cessnock, N.S.W., age 70, buried at Cessnock Cemetery, N.S.W., no funeral notice located, from Minmi and Bellbird (1917), N.S.W., and Margaret Waite, died 30.5.1939, Cessnock, N.S.W., age 68, sleeping at Cessnock Cemetery, N.S.W.; husband of Edith Irene Waite nee Tonks, married 1924, Cessnock, N.S.W., died 17.8.1972, Cessnock, N.S.W., age 69, Tom enlisted on the 6th January 1916 with the 34th Battalion, stated age 18 years 5 months, at Rutherford, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on the 4th September 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 29.10.1916.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Folkestone, England 20.12.1916.
Re-allotted Reg No-1926B 26.2.1917.
Wounded in action - 4.10.1917 (GSW left buttock, slight).
Granted furlough in England from 29.10.1917 to 12.11.1917.
Commenced return to Australia 23.9.1918.
Tom arrived home invalided (shell shock) on the 26th November 1918, not being discharged until the 13th September 1919.
Service record states, Deceased, 26/11/1959 (IWGC).
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...#
I would like to see poppies placed at Tom’s plaque in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
Lest We Forget.
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