Thomas Samuel KINROSS

KINROSS, Thomas Samuel

    Service Number: 2687
    Enlisted: 2 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Parkville, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Grocer
    Died: Died of wounds - back, thigh and arm, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 6 October 1917
    Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
    Plot XX, Row G, Grave 14A Rev. J.A. Townson officiated
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2687, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    27 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2687, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    27 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2687, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    24 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, At Serapeum
    27 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion, While serving in Belgium
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2687, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wounds to the back, thigh and the arm

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    Son of George Kinross and Elizabeth Kinross nee Woodman of 23 Church Street, Parkville, Victoria.

    Brother of Olive May Kinross, Flora Grace Kinross, Elizabeth Maud Valintine Kinross, Charles Osborne Kinross who returned to Australia on 4 March 1919 having served with the Australian Flying Corps; George Kinross, Walter Dallas Kinross, James Arthur Kinross and Albert Leslie Kinross

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

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