BRAITHWAITE, Thomas
| Service Numbers: | 928, 3017 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kirkham, Lancashire, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Weeton Primary School, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 16 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 3. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 928, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 22 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 928, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 3017, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Corporal, 3017, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 16 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 3017, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3017 awm_unit: 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
3017 Sergeant Thomas Braithwaite, 2nd Light Horse Regiment (later 42nd Battalion) had two periods of service. He was a labourer of Swan Hill, Queensland, prior to enlisting in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment with the service number 928 on 30 December 1914, and he embarked from Newcastle, NSW, on 22 May 1915 for Gallipoli. Serving at Anzac from August 1915, he developed enteric fever and was hospitalised in Malta prior to returning to Australia in February 1916 where he was attached to 1 Military District in Sydney for recuperation. He then enlisted in the 42nd Battalion and embarked from Sydney, NSW, during February 1917. Following some training courses, he joined his battalion in the Western Front, France, during July 1917. Sergeant Braithwaite died of wounds received in action near Ypres, Belgium, on 16 October 1917.
Age 28, he was the son of Mrs. Alice Turnbull of Weeton, Kirkham, Preston, England. His mother Alice filled out his roll of honour form stating he had come to Australia during 1911, and that his brother, Private John Turnbull, had been killed with the Australian Machine Gun Corps on 16 September 1916.
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