FARRELL, Thomas Patrick
| Service Number: | 217 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 27 May 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 20 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 217, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 217, 19th Infantry Battalion, From Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic | |
| 27 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 217, 19th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was baptised at Sacred Heart R.C. Church.
He was 28 and the youngest of the three sons of Richard Farrell and Alice (nee Fagan) Farrell. They were both born in Ireland and were married at St.Anthony’s R.C. Church in 1881.
In 1901 the Farrell family were living at 28 Great Newton Street, Liverpool. Richard Farrell died at this address in 1903 and was buried in a family grave at Yew Tree R.C. Cemetery.
At the time of the 1911 census his widow and three sons were living at 12 Keble Street, Kensington. Thomas was 22 and was a porter at a milliners shop. His mother died at 29 Seldon Street, Kensington in 1913 and was buried at Yew Tree with her husband.
By the time the war broke out Thomas was living in Australia.
He enlisted in the army at Liverpool, New South Wales on the 11th February 1915. His service records give his physical statistics - he was 5ft 4 inches tall, weighed 124lbs and had a dark complexion, brown eyes and dark hair.
His next of kin was his brother James of 22 Hemer Terrace, Rimrose Road, Bootle.
Thomas embarked for Europe from Sydney aboard H.M.A.T. Ceramic on the 25th June 1915. He survived the winter of 1915/16 on the Gallipoli peninsula and, after spells at Mudros and Alexandria, was transferred to the Western Front.
He reached Marseilles, France on the 25th March 1916 and was killed in action two months later.
His personal effects namely:- Rosary beads, prayer book, fountain pen and a book entitled The Ingoldsby Legends- were forwarded to his brother James.
A further parcel from the Australian authorities was signed for by A Farrell of 21 Sandy Road, Seaforth on the 6th August 1917.
He is remembered on the Merseyside Roll of Honour.