THOMAS, John
| Service Number: | 568 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mountain Ash, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1887 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Throat cut, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 8 October 1934, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, Sydney, NSW Anglican Section B Row 2 Grave 140, age 47 years 3 months. |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 568, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 568, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 568, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 3 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 568, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 34th name inscribed is Private John Thomas.
On the Wednesday afternoon of the 10th October 1934, Private John Thomas, 34th Battalion (Reg No-568), miner from Main Street, Minmi, New South Wales and corner of Mill and Campbelltown Roads, Liverpool, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, N.S.W, Anglican Section B Row 2 Grave 140, age 47 years 3 months.
John had died tragically, throat cut, on the 8th October 1934.
Born at Mountain Ash, New South Wales on the 1st July 1887 to Michael and Hannah Thomas; husband of Margaret Thomas nee Woods, married 1920, Liverpool, N.S.W., remarried?, died?
John enlisted on the 5th January 1916, age 28 years 6 months, at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A20 Hororata on the 2nd May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 23.6.1916.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Southampton, England 21.11.1916.
Admitted to hospital 18.1.1917 (scabies & septic sores).
Granted leave to England from 11.1.1918 to 30.1.1918.
Wounded in action - 12.4.1918 (GSW right leg).
Invalided to England 21.4.1918.
John arrived home invalided on the 17th November 1918, being discharged on the 3rd March 1919.
Not officially commemorated, but should be.
I would like to see poppies placed at John’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
Lest We Forget.
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