Thomas Harry Skermer EVANS

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EVANS, Thomas Harry Skermer

Service Numbers:	1160, 3754
Enlisted:	11 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bayswater, South Australia, 15 March 1894
Home Town:	Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miller
Died:	Natural causes, Rosewater, South Australia, 30 June 1968, aged 74 years
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia (I 5 114) - Site since redeveloped
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World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1160, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Bugler, 1160, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Bugler, 1160, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1160, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
2 May 1915:	Wounded Bugler, 1160, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel (right side of head - slight)
21 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3754, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide
21 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3754, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
29 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3754, 43rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jane Sykes

Thomas enlisted in the A.I.F. only weeks after war broke out, on 11 Sep 1914 and after training in Egypt took part in the Gallipoli landing. It was during this time that his first marriage broke down. He returned home, re-enlisting and heading for the Western Front in 1916.

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