Thomas Gordon OSTROM

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OSTROM, Thomas Gordon

Service Number:	3864
Enlisted:	22 September 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Tumbulgum, Tweed, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 18 December 1937, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

22 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3864, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3864, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3864, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
14 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, From 26th Battalion
12 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, From 2nd Cyclist Corps
1 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3864, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Ostrom and Catherine Ostrom nee Byrnes of Sydney, NSW.

Brother of Alfred Harold Ostrom who died of tuburculosis in Sutton Veny Military Hospital, England on 13 March 1917 while serving with the 52nd Battalion. Alfred is buried in the Sutton Veny (St. John) Cemetery, Section 282, Row C, Grave 7

Next of kin given as his brother John Lewis Ostrom of Tumbulgum, Tweed River, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 7 July 1919 aboard HT Chemnitz disembarking on 8 September 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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