Thomas Melville REES

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REES, Thomas Melville

Other Name:	Rees, Melville Thomas - Service Record - Alias
Service Numbers:	1441, 3150
Enlisted:	30 October 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Petersburg, South Australia, 13 November 1893
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, 29 October 1961, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens, Path 20, Grave 586
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World War 1 Service

30 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1441, 11th Infantry Battalion
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1441, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1441, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
Date unknown:	Involvement 3150, Service Number from Nominal Roll

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922

Name Thomas Melville Rees
Birth Date 13 Nov. 1893
Birth Place Petersburg
Registration Place Frome, South Australia, Australia
Father William Rees
Mother Mary Jane Chapman
Page number 338
Volume Number 533

Biography contributed by Rosemary Ritorto

Melville was married to Sarah Elizabeth (nee PLUMMER) and they had three children:

- Reginald Alfred William REES, born 8 June 1913, Mile End, Hindmarsh SA (Book/Page: 912/177);

- Ella May REES, born 1915, Victoria Park, WA (Reg. No. 100069); and

- Harold Edgar REES

Whilst Melville was away serving in the AIF, it appears from records that Sarah and the children stayed with Sarah's parents George Alfred and Catherine PLUMMER at 21 Fitzroy Street (now Berwrick St), Victoria Park. Melville's brother-in-law Private Leslie Edward PLUMMER also served in WWI and was Killed in Action in France.

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