Thomas Elton FAGAN MM

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Service Number:	5735
Enlisted:	11 March 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Waratah, Tasmania, 1895
Home Town:	Waratah, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania
Schooling:	Waratah State School
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 9 June 1917
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot 111, Row C, Grave 124, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5735, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
8 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5735, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
8 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5735, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Hobart
10 Apr 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, "On 2nd April, 1917 during the advance and attack on NOREUIL when his Company was held up by wire entanglements and being heavily fired on by machine guns, this Non Commissioned Officer promptly brought a Lewis Gun into action and silenced the enemy gun thus allowing the company to advance through the wire. Corporal FAGAN's presence of mind and ready action averted serious casualties."
9 Jun 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 5735, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5735 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-06-09

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Son of John abd Julia Fagan of Waratah, Tasmania; brother of John Athol Fagan - 12 Battalion

11 March 1916 - Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania

2 June 1917 - Wounded in action - gunshot wound to the abdomen

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Senior Cadets

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