RESTON, Thomas Trevorrow
Service Number: | 14516 |
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Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Dalserf near Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland., 3 May 1880 |
Home Town: | Katanning, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Bush Contractor |
Died: | Illness, Katanning, Western Australia, 22 December 1929, aged 49 years |
Cemetery: |
Katanning Cemetery, Western Australia Presbyterian, Lot 224 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 14516, Field Company Engineers, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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11 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 14516, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: '' | |
11 Jul 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 14516, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney | |
5 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, 14516 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Thomas Trevorrow RESTON was born in Dalserf near Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 3rd May, 1880
His parents were John RESTON & Mary Quick PHILLIPS
He enlisted in Blackboy Hill, Western Australia and embakred from Sydney on the HMAT Vestalia on 11th July, 1916 with the Field Company Engineers, July 1916 reinforcements
He returned to Australia on 25th September, 1919 and was discharged on 5th January, 1920
Thomas died in Katanning, Western Australia on 22nd December, 1929 and is buried in the Katanning Cemetery
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