Thomas Aloysius AMBROSE

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AMBROSE, Thomas Aloysius

Service Number:	15328
Enlisted:	27 March 1916, Sydney
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	15th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Typewriter Mechanic
Died:	Death attributed to war service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 27 February 1921
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Plot: Mortuary 2 Area: 3 Grave: 602,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

27 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 15328, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 15328, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
10 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 15328, 15th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 15328 awm_unit: 15th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1921-02-27

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Thomas Aloysius AMBROSE was born in Surry Hills, Sydney in 1887

His parents were Thomas AMBROSE & Sarah MACANALLY who married in Sydney in 1887

He enlisted in Sydney on 27th March, 1916 & embarked on the HMAT Ceramic on 7th October, 1916 - he returned to Australia on 24th January 1919 and was discharged as medically unfit on 10th May, 1919

Thomas died on 27th February, 1921 of war related illness and is buried in Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney

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