EDMONDS, Thomas William
| Service Number: | 5849 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toodyay, Western Australia, 21 February 1879 |
| Home Town: | Bolgart, Victoria Plains, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Wounds, 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell, England , United Kingdom,, 29 April 1917, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot XI, Row E, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Calingiri Victoria Plains War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5849, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5849, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5849, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle | |
| 2 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5849, 28th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, G.S.W.s to Head, Leg & Face DoW London |
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From AWM
5849 Private (Pte) Thomas William Edmonds of the 28th Battalion. A farmer of Calcarra, WA and the third child of John and Sarah Edmonds of Toodyay, WA, Thomas Edmonds enlisted in the AIF on 30 April 1916 and left for France as a member of the 16th reinforcements to the 28th Battalion on the troopship Suffok on 9 October 1916. On 2 March 1917 he was wounded in action when his battalion was in action attacking the German held Malt Trench just north of Warlencourt, in Belgium. Pte Edmonds was repatriated to England on 8 March 1917 and transferred to the 1st London General Hospital at Camberwell, were he died of his wounds on 28 April 1917. Pte Edmonds is buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
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