Thomas Charles WHEATLEY

WHEATLEY, Thomas Charles

Service Number: 508
Enlisted: 28 August 1914
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 1st Light Horse Regiment
Born: Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town: Curban, Gilgandra, New South Wales
Schooling: Essendon State School No 483
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Enteric fever, At sea (HS Gloucester Castle), 26 September 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Buried at sea, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Essendon State School No 483 Roll of Honor, Grenfell Great War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 508, 1st Light Horse Regiment
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Lance Corporal, 508, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Lance Corporal, 508, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Lance Corporal Wheatley became dangerously ill with enteric on 25 September 1915 and was admitted to 25 Casualty Clearing Station at Imbros on 26 Sept 1915.  On the same day he was transferred to the Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle, but died at Gaba Tepe and was buried at sea off Anzac.