LETT, Thomas Francis
| Service Numbers: | 854, 6386, 854/6386 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Also re enlisted 21/8/1916 #6386 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Souldern, Oxfordshire, England , March 1883 |
| Home Town: | Tighes Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 9 July 1936, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-37. 33. |
| Memorials: | Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 854, 4th Infantry Battalion, Also re enlisted 21/8/1916 #6386 | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 854, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 854, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 2 Jun 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 854, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6386, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6386, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 854/6386, 4th Infantry Battalion, Initially discharged 2/6/1916 MD Mylurgia |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
84 years ago today, on the Saturday afternoon of the 11th July 1936, Private Thomas Francis Lett, 4th Battalion, storekeeper and steel worker (B.H.P.), father of four, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 52. CATHOLIC 2-37. 33.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140507196 - funeral notice states service.
Born at Souldern, Oxfordshire, England about 1884 (baptised 25.5.1884) to Immanuel James and Annie Maria Lett nee Lake; husband of Daisy Stewart Selina Lett nee Barrett (married 2.11.1911, Edgbaston, King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, died 1950 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134389969, also sleeping here), Thomas enlisted September 1914 with the 4th Battalion, Reg No-854, at Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 19.5.1915 (bronchopneumonia), Thomas returned home January 1916 and was discharged as medically unfit.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137097093, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137101417
Reenlisted August 1916, again with the 4th Battalion, Reg No-6386, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 22.3.1918 with rheumatism, Mr Lett returned home August 1918 suffering from myalgia.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140982115, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159088464
Thomas’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour (Board 1 - https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/233283) and the Tighes Hill-Australian Holy Catholic Guild Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 8th October 1916, whereabouts unknown, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133836215).
There is no headstone at Mr Lett’s gravesite to tell us this Original Anzac served with the 1st A.I.F., now long forgotten, so August 2019 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/…/war-…/index.php…
An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip submitted February 2020, declined April 2020.
Mr Lett will receive a Plaque courtesy of the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project.
Served 12 years with the Royal Garrison Artillery.
Many thanks to Michelle Foster for the notification and family history.
Lest We Forget.
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