EDWARD, Thomas Stenhouse
| Service Number: | 4321 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 October 1915, 4 years service Yeomanry (British Army) |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Montrose, Scotland, 9 February 1865 |
| Home Town: | Sandstone, Sandstone, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Sarcom mediastinal gland, Sydney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England , United Kingdom, 18 December 1916, aged 51 years |
| Cemetery: |
Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset, England Melcombe Regis Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 2823), Dorset, Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4321, 11th Infantry Battalion, 4 years service Yeomanry (British Army) | |
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| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4321, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4321, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 16 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Dec 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 4321, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4321 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-12-18 |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date – 18th December..... Corporal Thomas Stenhouse Edward was born at Montrose, Scotland in 1865. He married Ellen Susan Lynam in Perth, Western Australia in 1899. A daughter – Dorothy Mary Edward was born in 1906 in Sydney, NSW.
Thomas Stenhouse Edward stated he was a 44 year old, single, Miner from Sandstone, Western Australia when he enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia on 28th October, 1915 with the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.).
Private Edward embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Borda (A30) on 17th January, 1916 with the 11th Infantry Battalion, 13th Reinforcements & disembarked at Suez on 8th February, 1916.
Private Edward was admitted to No. 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis on 21st February, 1916. He was discharged to duty at Zeitoun on 6th March, 1916.
Private Thomas Stenhouse Edward was appointed Acting Corporal (without pay) from 29th April, 1916 in England.
[Note: There is no record in the Service File of when Private Thomas Stenhouse Edward was transferred to England]
Acting Corporal Thomas Stenhouse Edward was promoted to Temporary Corporal from 22nd May, 1916 & became Permanent Cadre (staff) of 3rd Training Battalion, Perham Downs, Wiltshire. He was to be Acting Sergeant (without pay) from 26th May, 1916.
Acting Sergeant Thomas Stenhouse Edward was admitted to Military Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England on 26th August, 1916 with an Aortic Aneurysm & was reported as dangerously ill.
Corporal Edward was marched in to No. 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, Dorset from Tidworth on 22nd October, 1916. He was sent sick to Sidney Hall Military Hospital on 27th October, 1916 from No. 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, Dorset with Sarcoma of Mediastinal Gland.
Corporal Thomas Stenhouse Edward died on morning of 18th December, 1916 at Sydney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England from Sarcoma of Mediastinal Glands. Coma.
Corporal Thomas Stenhouse Edward was buried in Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England where 82 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/d---g1.html
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