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VALENTINE, Thomas Lawson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3518 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Kinross, Fifeshire, Scotland, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Sunshine, Brimbank, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Hollywood, Western Australia, 5 March 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Presbyterian area, Section JA, Grave 0821 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3518, 6th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 3518, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 3518, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 13th Field Company Engineers, At Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 2 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 3518, 13th Field Company Engineers, Wounds to the right shoulder and back | |
| 31 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3518, 13th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Lawson Valentine of Kinross, Scotland.
Served two years of his apprenticeship with H.V. McKay of Sunshine, Victoria.
Next of kin given as his sister Jean Small of Sydney Street, Sunshine, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 1 May 1919 aboard HT China disembarking on 8 June 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal