GIFFORD, Thomas
| Service Number: | 3759 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | McArthur, Victoria, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Harrow, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died Of Wound, Killed In Action, France, Belgium, 7 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXV11, Row F, Grave 4A, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3759, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3759, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3759, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3759, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell wounds to the shoulder and neck |
My great great uncle
Great uncle Tom is also in the memorial at Harrow He’s on the first plug because he never came home and got killed in the wall
A little story about great uncle Tom in Harrow. There was Chinese market garden in the early 1900s so great uncle Tom and one of the uncles Maybe Albert or Henry. I’m not sure which one but there was a flood and the river burst banks and great uncle Tom And the other uncle saved two Chinaman from drowning they were in the market garden the Chinese man and they were hanging on from the rafters and a lot of people still know that story what a legend I wish I had of been able to meet them but I go to Harrow in March every year I would truly have loved to have met them. My great Nanna Mary Jane Gifford is my great Nanna.
Submitted 3 May 2025 by Dorothy Sutton
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Mrs. A Gifford of Brompton, SA and H. Gifford of Harrow, Victoria; brother of Mrs Mary Jane Alexander
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal