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GIFFORD, Thomas
Personal Details
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 |
Service History
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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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