FIEDLER, Thomas
| Service Number: | 65062 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 23 March 1900 |
| Home Town: | Pinkenba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Zillmere State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 July 1970, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 65062, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements | |
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| 7 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 65062, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Carpentaria embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 7 Nov 1918: | Embarked Private, 65062, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, SS Carpentaria, Sydney | |
| 28 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 65062, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Thomas Fiedler (Service No:65062) served in the AIF with 8th (QLD) Reinforcements from 23 March 1918 to 28 December 1918.
Born in 1900 at Pinkenba QLD, Tom was the youngest of seven children of Franz (Frank) Fiedler (b1861 in Sztum, Poland) and first wife Sarah North (b1866 in Hampshire, England) - Sarah arrived in Cooktown, QLD in February 1883 on board the Dorunda and she and Frank (a Farmer) married in November that year. Frank and Sarah settled at Pinkenba, QLD where Frank was a Farmer. Following Sarah's death in 1901, Frank remarried.
Tom worked as a Labourer at Pinkenba and in 1921 married Grace Victoria Albury (b1900 in Brisbane, QLD). Tom worked as a Labourer - he and Grace Divorced in the 1930s, and Tom described himself as 'Single' when he enlisted in the Militia in 1933. Tom died in 1970.