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TOMLEY, John William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2031 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Moss Vale, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Moss Vale & District Pictorial Honour Roll, Moss Vale RSL War Memorial, Moss Vale War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2031, 1st Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2031, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2031, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John and Ellen Winifred Tomley, of Moss Vale, New South Wales.
Private John William Tomley, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Tomley, Moss Vale, has been officially reported missing. He went with the fifth reinforcements, 1st Battalion. He was 21 years of age, a native of Waverley, and was working for two years on the railway duplication works at Moss Vale, where his parents have been in business for some years.
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