MANNS, Thomas Henley
| Service Number: | 696 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 October 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Methyrtydoyle, Wales, 10 October 1883 |
| Home Town: | Wonnerup, Busselton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill Hand |
| Died: | Died of Injury - Fall from a tree while employed by Munition Factory, Uxbridge, England, 9 October 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Harefield (St. Mary) Churchyard, Middlesex, United Kingdom Aust.. 73 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll, Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 696, Depot Battalion , Helena Vale, Western Australia | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 696, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 696, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 696, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Embarked Portland, England for Australia per H.M.T. "Star of England" | |
| 13 Jul 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 696, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharge from service -- Medically Unfit -- Pulmonary Tuberculosis -- 5th M.D. | |
| 9 Oct 1918: | Involvement Died of Injuries -- Munitions Worker -- Uxbridge, England |
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MANNS Thomas Henley, Munitions Worker 2152 - Worked: Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich -
Thomas received a shrapney Contusion to the abdomen at Gallipoli August 1915 and invalided to Harefield Hospital. Whilst there he was diagosed with TB and returned to Australia arriving on board the Star Of England. He was admitted to the No. 8. A.G.H. Fremantle. WA. on 24 March 1916. Discharged 13 July 1916, medically unfit with full pension for 1 Year depending re assessment. He reinlisted and Left Australia 22-5-1917, Arrived Plymouth, England 21-7-1917
Died 9-10-1918 (result of accident)
Resting Harefield (St Mary) Churchyard, Harefield, Hillingdon, England
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