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FARMER, Thomas Wilmot
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | Officer, Q227768 |
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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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Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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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 | |
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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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