Thomas (Tom) PORTER MM, MM & Bar

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Service Number:	2646
Enlisted:	8 August 1916, Place of Enlistment, Newcastle, New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1878
Home Town:	Quirindi, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Quirindi Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural Causes , Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia, 28 August 1952, aged 74 years
Cemetery:	Quirindi Lawn Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:

8 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2646, 36th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Newcastle, New South Wales.
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2646, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2646, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
13 Feb 1918:	Honoured Military Medal
6 Mar 1918:	Honoured Military Medal and bar
30 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion
25 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Employment Company
23 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2646, Australian Employment Company, Returned to Australia, Medically Unfit.

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