Thomas Barclay FAULDS

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Service Number:	1153
Enlisted:	22 September 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tokyo, Japan, 1877
Home Town:	Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Shawlands Academy, Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

22 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1153, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1153, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1153, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Address at the time of enlistment was 228 Harris Street, Pyrmont, NSW. Before settled in Australia he had previously visited on several occasions

Son of Henry and Isabella Faulds of 6 Regent Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Before becoming a seaman he worked as a clerk which he did not like; he also studied Mathmatics at home