MCCOY, Thomas Norman
| Service Number: | 1976 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Nundle, New South Wales, Australia, 14 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Timor, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bushman and colliery mechanic |
| Died: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 29 October 1957, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-50. 11. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1976, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1976, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1976, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 14 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1976, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
66 years ago today, on the 30th October 1957, Driver Thomas Norman McCoy, 2nd Australian Division Signal Company (Reg No-1976), bushman and colliery mechanic from "Lincoln", Timor, New South Wales and Ida Street, Charlestown, N.S.W. and 128A Lawson Street, Hamilton, N.S.W. (1945), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 63. CATHOLIC 2-50. 11.
Born at Nundle, New South Wales on the 14th June 1894 to Patrick Albert and Agnes Mary McCoy (RYAN); husband of Marjorie McCoy (married abroad-place & date unknown, died?), Tom enlisted on the 23rd June 1915 with the 17th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A54 Runic on the 9th August 1915.
Admitted to hospital 20.9.1916 (scabies), 7.3.1919 (scabies).
Granted leave to England from 12.7.1917 to 26.7.1917.
Granted leave to France from 9.9.1918 to 26.9.1918.
Embarked for return to Australia 23.7.1919.
Tom returned home on the 15th October 1919 (with wife Marjorie), being discharged on the 14th December 1919.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
Mr. McCoy’s name has been inscribed on the Nundle Shire First World War Honor Roll, South Maitland Church of England Parish & District Roll of Honour, Murrurundi Shire War and Services Honour Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Service record states died 29-10-1957.
Officially commemorated 21-7-1958.
I have placed poppies at Tom’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Younger brother Wilfred Stanley (born 21.4.1897, Nundle, New South Wales, clerk from "Lincoln", Timor, New South Wales, enlisted 21.6.1915, 17th Battalion, Reg No-1977, RTA 6.7.1919, 2nd Australian Division Signal Company, died 16.5.1966, Burwood, N.S.W., age 69, officially commemorated – Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main.../...
Lest We Forget.
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