Albert Charles Alexander Robert THOM

THOM, Albert Charles Alexander Robert

    Service Number: 2050
    Enlisted: 24 August 1915, Geelong, Vic.
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Portarlington, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1878
    Home Town: Bannockburn, Golden Plains, Victoria
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Died of wounds, 12th (US) General Hospital, Rouen, France, 13 October 1918, aged 40 years
    Cemetery: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
    Block S, Plot II, Row V, Grave No. I,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bannockburn War Memorial, Batesford Moorabool Presbyterian Church Honour Roll

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    World War 1 Service

    24 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2050, 21st Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic.
    26 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 2050, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    26 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 2050, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
    12 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2050, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, TOS
    22 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2050, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
    3 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2050, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
    1 Jun 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion, France
    4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2050, 21st Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, Recommended for MM
    5 Oct 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2050, 21st Infantry Battalion, Montbrehain, GSW to buttocks. Evacuated to 12th (US) General Hospital at Rouen, where he later died of his wounds on 13 October 1918.
    13 Oct 1918: Involvement Corporal, 2050, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2050 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-10-13

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