S3870
DORLING, Thomas Benjamin
| Service Number: | 3871 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 7 July 1972, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 3871, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Mar 1918: | Embarked Private, 3871, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
At 15 Tommy tricked his parents into giving him permission to join the AIF, he pretended that the census man was at the door and he needed them to sign these papers. At 16 he was on the troopship Runic when it was torpeedoed in the English Channell. Tommy with Tom King started SA's first two jazz bands in 1923 from 1926 to 29. he led the band at the Floating Palais; the Red Hot Peppers and Palais Royal. He was Feature artist on commercial radio shows.
In World War Two he had to lower his age to get in. Tommy was a master of the Banjo and the Guitar. He played at the Royal Ball held in honor of King George V1 and the Queen Mother. He was in the RAAF and playing a concert at mallal when Darwin was bombed by the Japanese. Although in the ground crew he was often added as a spotter to air crews, he was order to continue his concert this time. The crews sentto investigate the shipping sighted in the Australian Bight off the coast of Western Australia, these crews never returned.
Sentry-Go vol.1 No.9 January 1958