Charles Joseph THOMAS

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Service Number:	868
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Christian Brothers College, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Kew War Memorial

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 868, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 868, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 868, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Birth name registered as Charles Joseph Thomas

Residential address at the time of enlistment was 66 Rosslyn Street, North Melbourne, Victoria

Son of Letitia Thomas of Peel Street, North Melbourne

Next of kin given as his grandmother, Letitia Thomas of Burnley, Victoria who raised him

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