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BRODIE, Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6468 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redesdale, Victoria, Australia, 10 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Quarry Hill, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Edgecombe State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Molenaarelst Hoek, Belgium, 21 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1915: | Enlisted | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6468, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6468, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6468, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6468, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor | |
| 6 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6468, 29th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
| 21 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 6468, 29th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6468 awm_unit: 29th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-21 |
Personal Stories
Thomas Henry Brodie
Killed in action in Belgium, Thomas did not really see much of life as he was
only 25 years of age when killed.
Prior to his army life, he worked for farmers and was a great lover of horses. The young man of those times took the same interest in his horse as the present generation do of their motor car.
A strongly built young man, he liked performing feats of strength. Thomas was a very kind and likeable person, it must have been very heartbreaking for his Mother to lose him like that.
Thomas was killed when going into the line on the 21st of October 1917, caught in a barrage and killed by a shell. He was buried on the 23rd of October 1917, with a wooden cross erected over his grave.
Submitted 9 February 2015 by Cate Brodie
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