Frederick THOMAS

THOMAS, Frederick

Service Number: 5457
Enlisted: 18 January 1916, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 18 November 1892
Home Town: Enmore, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Christian Bros' School Goulburn
Occupation: Labourer
Died: New South Wales, Australia, 28 May 1966, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
Catholic Monumental EE9 Plot 42
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World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5457, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
14 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 5457, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 5457, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of H.S. and the late Maria THOMAS, Goulburn, New South Wales.

On active service continuously for 1 year and 10 months, gassed April 1 1918 and invalided to Exeter Hosptial, England, later to Hurdcott and Sutton Veney, where he was recommended for six months' treatment, under a specialist on account of dumbness from the effects of gas.