FERRICKS, Thomas David
| Service Number: | 2169 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 25 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough Albert State School War Memorial, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough St Mary's College War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2169, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2169, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2169, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Thomas David Ferricks was one of three brothers who served in the AIF during WW1. The sons of Michael and Mary Ferricks of Maryborough, Queensland, only one of them returned to Australia.
Thomas’s older brother, 395 Corporal Austin Francis Ferricks, 1st Australian Machine Gun Company, died of pneumonia in France on 2 March 1919, aged 27.
Thomas worked at Walkers Limited in Maryborough, an engineering and foundry business that built ships and trains. His father worked there for almost forty years. He was a popular member of the Junior Native Football Club.
Shortly after his death, Thomas’s sister received a letter from Lieut. B. P. Revenall, officer commanding B Company, 52nd Battalion. ““I deeply regret that it is my most painful duty to convey to you as (O.C. B Co.) the sad loss your family has sustained in the death of your brother. He was killed in action on the battlefield of Messines, and buried a soldier's grave by myself and several of our company. I trust it will lighten your sorrow by knowing he died bravely for King and country. A true man's death against fearful odds in a battle where we were the victors. He was a fine, fearless soldier, liked by officers and men alike. He was on the road to promotion had he come through. He has paid the great price. ‘Greater love hath no man.’ Accept my sincere sympathy.”
Another brother, 2552 Private Michael John Ferricks 42nd Battalion AIF, returned to Australia in December 1918, having been gassed, and another younger brother, Joseph Ferricks had passed away in Maryborough during 1916, aged 20.
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