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MCINNES, Thomas Atkinson
| Service Number: | 3558 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cabinet Maker |
| Died: | 11 March 1956, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 4S, Site No: 47 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3558, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3558, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3558, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Thomas Atkinson McInnes was born on the 13th of March 1888 near Glasgow, Scotland, in a Presbyterian household. He worked as a Cabinet Maker after a five-year apprenticeship with the Scottish Cooperative Society.
On the 18th of August 1915, McInnes was 27 years of age when he enlisted. His enlistment papers describe his appearance as having a fair complexion with blue eyes and brown hair with no major marks or scars on his body. He stood 5 foot 3 and a half and weighed 110lb and had a chest measurement of 32-34 inches. He was placed in the 27th Infantry Battalion.
McInnes embarked on the HMAT Borda from Port Adelaide on the 12th January 1915 to Egypt. He then travelled south, to Serapeum where he transferred from the 27th Battalion Reinforcements to the 10th Infantry Battalion on the 28th of February 1916. After training at Serapeum, he proceeded to France arriving at Marseilles on the 3rd April.
McInnes was shot in the right arm on the 24th of August 1917. He was initially treated to France and was transferred to Birmingham hospital on the 28th of August. After treatment in hospital, he convalesced at Command Depots. He returned to France 28th June 1917. During his recovery in England he married Elizabeth McGilchrist Easton McInnes.
In February 1918 McInnes took two weeks leave and then returned to France. He was granted further leave from 1st April – 1st July 1919 to take up a position as a cabinet maker with the Austral Aviation company at Derby
McInnes returned to Australia on the 2nd of August 1919 boarding the HMAT A8 Argyllshire to Australia. He arrived back in Adelaide 8th September 1919 and was formally discharged 28th November 1919. He passed on the 11th of March 1956 at the age of 67. He now rests in peace at the A.I.F cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide
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