PAVEY, Thomas Sidney
| Service Number: | 2130 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney New South Wales, Australia, November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway porter |
| Died: | pulmonary tuberculosis, Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 10 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Anglican_1, Section 34A, 56 |
| Memorials: | Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2130, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2130, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2130, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2130, 30th Infantry Battalion, MD Phthisis = pulmonary tuberculosis |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The first Returned Soldier of The Great War to be laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery.
105 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 11th December 1916, Private Thomas (Tom) Sidney Pavey, 30th Battalion (Reg No-2130), railway porter from 1 Tighe Street, Wickham, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 25 Years 3 Months. ANGLICAN 1-34A. 56.
The funeral of the late Private Thomas Sidney Pavey took place from his parents' residence, Tighe Street, Wickham yesterday afternoon.
The deceased soldier died in the Newcastle Hospital on Saturday after being an inmate of their institution for three weeks. Private Pavey left Australia in February last, with reinforcements of the 30th Battalion, A.I.F., and landed in Egypt. While there he was affected with the sand of the desert, which got on the lungs, and he also contracted laryngitis, which compelled his return to Australia in July.
Death came unexpectedly, as his condition was somewhat improved on Tuesday last. An abscess, which had formed on the lungs, however, burst, resulting in death. He was 25 years of age, and prior to enlisting was employed at the Newcastle Railway Station.
The chief mourners at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Pavey (parents), Messrs J.H., P.A., and W. A. Pavey (brothers), and Miss L. I. Pavey (sister).
The pall-bearers were Alderman G. W. Jenner, Mayor of Wickham; Aldermen Sneesby, Chenery, and Gittins, and Mr. Ronald Brown. The cortege was headed by a number of returned soldiers and several military veterans.
Following the coach with the relatives came a motor containing several members of the Returned. Soldiers' Association, who are staying at "'Woodlands" Convalescent Home. There was a large representation of the Railway and Tramway Service Amalgamated Association, of which deceased was also a member. A large number of private friends and sympathisers also followed the body to the mortuary station.
Born at Glebe, New South Wales on the 5th September 1891 as Sydney T, Tom enlisted August 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 31.3.1916 (arthritis), 20.4.1916 (phthisis - tuberculosis of the lungs. No longer in scientific use).
Tom returned home July 1916, being discharged medically unfit on the 3rd November 1916.
Tom died at the Newcastle Hospital, N.S.W. on the 10th December 1916, wrong date inscribed on headstone.
Mr. Pavey’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Wickham (Hawkins Oval) Soldiers' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 24th May 1916, 7 names originally inscribed, 94 names now inscribed of the Fallen, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1), NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Tom’s gravesite in remembrance of his service for God, King & Country.
Tom’s name has not been added to the Australian Roll of Honour.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque to be placed at the gravesite.
Lest We Forget.
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