Thomas Walker TORTOISHELL

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TORTOISHELL, Thomas Walker

Service Number:	2405
Enlisted:	1 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Rocester, Staffordshire, England, 1882
Home Town:	Hexham, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Illness, St. Albans , Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, 8 June 1917
Cemetery:	St. Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery, England Military Section, Row F, Grave 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2405, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
18 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2405, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
18 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2405, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Thomas Walker TORTOISHELL was born in Rocester, Staffordshire, England in 1882

His parents were Thomas TORTOISHELL & Lydia LINES who married in England in 1881

He married Louisa Ellen ALBUTT in Kings Norton, Worcester, UK in 1901

He enlisted in NSW on 1st February, 1916 and embarked with the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, 3rd reinfrocements from Melbourne on the HMAT Karroo on 18th September, 1916

Thomas died on 8th June, 1917 in St Albans , Hertfordshire of Melancholia & Hydrocephalus and is buried in the St Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery

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