Thomas McBride MARS

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Service Number:	1698
Enlisted:	6 December 1915, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, 30 June 1896
Home Town:	Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Innisfail Cenotaph, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

6 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1698, 47th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland.
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1698, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1698, 47th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney

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