Thomas WOODLEY

WOODLEY, Thomas

    Service Number: 362
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: London, England, 1881
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 16, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 362, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 362, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 362, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
    13 Jan 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
    2 May 1915: Involvement Lance Corporal, 362, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 362 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Real name may have been William Kirk

    Next of kin given as his sister Mrs G Wagner of Praed Street, Paddington, England

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Enlisted in the Royal Navy on 4 October 1909 and deserted in Sydney, NSW on 11 June 1911

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