Thomas Wilmot FARMER

FARMER, Thomas Wilmot

Service Numbers: Officer, Q227768
Enlisted: 5 January 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 9th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 September 1886
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: School teacher
Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 July 1961, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
plot area 1, plot 469B
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World War 1 Service

5 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Brisbane, Queensland
4 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
4 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
20 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 9th Infantry Battalion
7 Mar 1918: Wounded Gas
28 Jul 1918: Wounded "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 2nd occasion - remaining on duty
23 Aug 1918: Wounded "The Last Hundred Days", 3rd occasion - GSW (hand)
1 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 9th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

26 Apr 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, Q227768, 9th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Marburg, Queensland
27 Apr 1942: Involvement Captain, Q227768, 9th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Page missing from Enlistment Register
17 Jul 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, Q227768, 9th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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