Thomas William STOKES

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Service Number:	946
Enlisted:	7 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geraldton, Western Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Bunbury State School
Occupation:	Engine Cleaner, Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Artillery Road, Plot 27 Headstone inscription reads: For King and Empire, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Bunbury Wesley Church World War One Memorial Windows

7 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 946, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 946, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 946, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle

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Residential address was Wellington Street, Bunbury, WA

Son of Thomas and Jane Stokes of Bunbury, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served 2 years with the cadets and the Light Horse

Previously employed with the manufacturors of cordials

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