LESTER, Thomas Edwin
| Service Number: | 2927 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, October 1876 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Died of wounds - gas poisoning, Reading War Hospital, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, 29 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Reading Cemetery, England Reading Cemetery (Row 72, Grave No. 16435), Berkshire, England, Reading Cemetery, Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Municipal Council of Sydney Employees Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2927, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 26 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2927, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2927, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 29 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 2927, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2927 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 29th April.......Private Thomas Edwin Lester was born at Oberon, near Bathurst, NSW in 1876. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 16th May, 1916 as a 39 year old, married Foreman from Hyde Park, Sydney, NSW.
Private Lester arrived in England for further training on 28th December, 1916 & was posted to 14th Training Battalion at Hurdcott, Wiltshire. He was medically assessed & classified as Fit for Home Service only.
Private Lester was assessed again on 4th December, 1917 at No. 3 Command Depot at Hurdcott & classified as Fit for Overseas Training Camp in 3 - 4 weeks.
Private Lester joined 33rd Battalion at the Front on 12th February, 1918. He was wounded in action - Gassed on 17th April, 1918 & invalided to England where he was admitted to Reading War Hospital, Berkshire on 21st April, 1918 suffering from Gas (Shell) Poisoning – severely ill.
Private Thomas Edwin Lester died at 9.55 pm on 29th April, 1918 at Section 3, Reading War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire, England from Wounds received in action – Shell Gas Poisoning. He was buried in Reading Cemetery where 16 other WW1 Australians are buried. He was buried in a Plot without headstones but is named on the CWGC Screen Wall.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/reading.html
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