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CHORLEY, Thomas Owen
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4747 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 March 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Falmouth, Tasmania, Australia, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Ringarooma, Dorset, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Illness - Chronic Pneumonia, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 7 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Ringarooma Cemetery Protestant Section, Row U, Grave 1, Ringarooma Cemetery, Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4747, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4747, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4747, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4747, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4747, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 3 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 4747, Gassed | |
| 11 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4747, Discharged at 6th Military District | |
| 7 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 4747, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4747 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-11-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Mathew and Isabeth Chorley; husband of Tottie E. Chorley of Ringarooma, Tasmania
7 June 1918 - returned to Australia on board Essex for discharge. Suffering from Chronic Pneumonia
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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