HEALEY, Thomas William
| Service Numbers: | 1835, 1835A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1835, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1835, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 1835A, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1835A awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Alex Healey
Private Thomas William Healey
(1835), of the 34th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces was killed in action on the 12th October 1917.
He has no known grave and thus, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Aged 25, he was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Healey of 36, Commercial Road, Cadoxton, and husband of Enid Elizabeth Healey, 45 Jewel Street,Barry Docks (previously 34 Newlands Street, Barry). He was working as a waiter in Australia when he enlisted on the 28th April, 1916, and after training disembarked in France on 21st November, 1916. Suffering with Trench Feet, he was transferred to England on the 12th December, 1916. After treatment, He rejoined his unit in France on 31st August, 1917, and was initially reported missing in action, later killed on
12th October, 1917.
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