Thomas ANDERSON MM

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ANDERSON, Thomas

Other Name:	HOLLOWAY, Thomas
Service Number:	5037
Enlisted:	18 January 1916, Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, 14 October 1896
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Zeehan, Tasmania, 27 January 1977, aged 80 years
Cemetery:	Zeehan General Cemetery, Tasmania
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5037, Hobart, Tasmania
29 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5037, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5037, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
8 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5037, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW (left thigh)
17 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, ...his coolness and absolute contempt of shellfire set such an example to the remainder of the party and steadied all those around him that the work was completed...
10 Feb 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion
16 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
4 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5037, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)

Thomas finds brother in France

My grandfather Thomas Holloway was born Anderson, but after his father's death and due to family hardship, he was adopted into the Holloway family. Tom enlisted using his birth name in the hope of finding his older brother James Anderson, who was already serving in the AIF. Tom had lost contact with James after the adoption. They eventually found each other in France. The following article was published in the Advocate newspaper on Friday 16th Aug 1918.

"TASMANIA: Mr. Thomas Holloway, Police Point, Huon, has been officially informed that his adopted son, Private (now Corporal) Thomas Anderson Holloway, has been awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous services rendered. Corporal Holloway's brother, who had since been wounded, was discovered by him doing his bit in France, and they had not met for many years."

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