LINDSAY, Thomas James Edwin
| Service Numbers: | 145, 1258 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Epping, New South Wales, Australia , 12 March 1890 |
| Home Town: | Epping, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Ryde Superior Puclic School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 5 April 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension |
| Memorials: | Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 145, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 145, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1258, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Thomas James Edwin LINDSAY was born on 12th March 1890 at Harris Park. He began work with the NSW Government Railways as an apprentice clerk in the Locomotive Branch at Eveleigh on 27th December 1905. He became a junior clerk on 1st January 1910. Once he had turned 21 years, he became an assistant timekeeper, and in 1912 a timekeeper 7th class
He joined the Expeditionary Forces on 12th August 1914 at the outbreak of hostilities.
Once he had been commissioned as an officer in the AIF, his military pay was higher than his railway pay.
Therefore the Railway Accountant did not have to make up the difference.
Lindsay’s first venture into military service came with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force which travelled north of Australia to seize German colonial possessions in the Pacific Islands and New Guinea. When this expedition, for which he was given the Service Number 145, was completed Lindsay was discharged on 4th March 1915. For most of the period he had held the rank of Sergeant.
On 1st April 1915 Lindsay enlisted again at Liverpool – now in the Australian Imperial Force, which was to serve in Europe. He was married to Margaret and gave her as his next of kin. He embarked on HMAT ‘Berrima’ in Sydney on 25th June 1915. He joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces at the Dardanelles on 16th August.
In October he was hospitalised with enteric fever, transferred to a hospital ship and then to Malta. By the time he had recovered it was mid-December. He did not return to Gallipoli because the campaign was in its last days. He went directly to Alexandria and to hospital at Heliopolis when the enteric fever flared up. He then went to the Enteric Convalescent Camp at Port Said. The disease did not abate, and he was sent home to Australia from Suez on 21st January 1916 for ‘3 months change’. He reached Australia on 29th February 1916. he rreturned to duty on 8th May 1916. On 30th September 1916, Lindsay was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant.
He left Australia for the third time aboard HMAT ‘Beltana’ on 25th November 1916. The ship reached Devonport (England) on 29th January 1917. He was taken on the strength of the 45th Battalion on 13th June 1917. On 16th July he was promoted to Lieutenant. In January 1918 he had 14 days leave in the United Kingdom.
He was killed in action in Frane on 5th April 1918, and buried in Millencourt Communal Cemetery, 2½ miles W of Albert.
- based the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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