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WHEATLEY, Thomas Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | 508 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 508, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.