Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Thomas was born at Fishguard in 1893, the son of Mrs. Winifred Harries, 63, High Street, Fishguard. He emigrated to Australia in 1913, working as a Farmer, and enlisted there at Liverpool, New South Wales on 23 January 1915. He joined the 5th Reinforcements for the 13th Battalion, which embarked at Sydney aboard HMAT Kyarra on 13 April 1915 bound for Gallipoli via Egypt. Thomas joined the Battalion on Gallipoli on 13 July 1915, and was badly wounded at the Battle of the Nek on 9 August 1915. A Hospital Ship brought him, along with many others, back to Lemnos to the Army Hospital, but he Died of Wounds there on 23 August 1915 aged 22.

He is also honoured [along with Second Lieutenant William Rees Reynolds, Australian Infantry on the Fishguard (Market Hall) War Memorial which is proudly displayed at the far end of the Fishguard Market Hall. It is a newly refurbished framed war memorial containing portrait photographs of eighty one men of north Pembrokeshire who fell during the Great War. He is also honoured on the Fishguard (St. Mary's Church) War Memorial

Fishguard is a well known town in North Pembrokeshire, and with its fine harbour is the gateway to Ireland from South Wales. The main place of remembrance for the fallen of both World Wars at Fishguard is the Town Cenotaph, which is located in a small Garden of Remembrance on West Street, Fishguard. There is however an older memorial, which is located within St. Mary's Church.