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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	29 April 1918, Experience in 92nd Infantry
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cumberland, England, 6 April 1884
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Public School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer - orchardist
Died:	Tasmania, Australia, 1 November 1963, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Monumental, Section A11, Grave 91
Memorials:	Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll

29 Apr 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, Experience in 92nd Infantry
17 Jul 1918:	Involvement 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1918:	Embarked 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, HMAT Borda, Sydney
15 Feb 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
1 Mar 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
3 Apr 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion

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Husband of Eileen Mary Orr nee Beardwood of Thrower Street, Launceston, Tasmania. Thomas and Eileen married during 1909c.

Commenced return to Australia 22 January 1920 aobard HT Friedrichsruh disembarking on 9 March 1920 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medal: British War Medal