TENNANT, Thomas
| Service Numbers: | 61, 1451 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 March 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Ballymena, Antrum, Ireland, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Port Kembla, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed In Action , France, 14 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 61, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 61, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 12 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1451, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1451, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company |
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Newspaper article from his local Irish newspaper.
"Ballymona man killed
The Australian records office, London, has notified Mrs. M. TENNANT, 4 Lothair Avenue, Belfast, that her husband, Lieut. Thomas Tennant, Machine Gun Company, AIF, reported missing in November 1916, is now returned as having been killed in action on the 12th of the month. Unofficial testimony has also been received by Mrs. Tennant through the Australian Red Cross Society that her husband was killed by a shell during an attqck he was leading. One of the men who reports to this effect states that he was buried on the field and adds, "He was one of the whitest and it was a sore blow when he fell."
The deceased officer, who was 29 years of age, was the oldest son of Mr Robert Tennant, Francis Street, Ballymona. He emigrated to the Commonwealth six years ago, and on th declaration of war enlisted as a private in the 19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Before coming to Europe, he served in the capture of New Guinea, and subsequently in Egypt, whence he proceeded to Gallipoli, and subsequently to France. In March 1916, he was promoted to a commission for gallantry and devotion to duty. Three months later he came home on leave, during which he was married in Belfast to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Mr. W. Moore, of Tempo, Co, Fermaunagh, and Mrs Carrothers, 4 Lothair avenue, Belfast. Mrs Tennant has received many letters of sympathy from comrades of her husband and also the customary message of condolence from the King and Queen."
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