TRELEASE, Thomas Chester
| Service Number: | 5101 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liskeard, St Ives, Cornwall, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Murrin Murrin, Leonora, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Boarding School |
| Occupation: | Compositor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 1, Row D, Grave 3, Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, Franvillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Guildford War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5101, 28th Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA | |
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| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5101, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5101, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5101, 28th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Thomas Chester (known as Chester) TRELEASE was born in the March quarter 1889 in Liskeard, Cornwall, England although on his enlistment papers he stated he was born in Michigan, USA - his brother had been born there while his Father was working there as a miner but the family had returned to England before his birth
His parents were Thomas Henry TRELEASE and Elizabeth Ann SEYMOUR who married in Liskeard in 1878
Thomas came to Australia on 24th June 1913, arriving in Fremantle, Western Australia on the ship Osterley.
He enlisted for WW1 on 22nd February, 1916 in Perth, WA and embarked with the 28th Infantry Battalion, 13th reinforcements on the HMAT Seang Bee on 18th July, 1916
He was killed in action on 1st June, 1918 along with 26 others in his battalion, by bombs being dropped by enemy aircraft near the village of La Houssoye in France - he is buried in Franvillers Communal Cemetery & Extension, Plot 1, Row D, Grave 3
Thomas name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, The Guildford War Memorial in Western Australia, the Redruth Centennial Methodist Chapel War Memorial in Cornwall & his name is also recorded on his parents headstone in the St Euny Churchyard in Redruth, England - he was awarded the British War Medal 7 the Victory Medal.
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IN MEMORIAM
TRELEASE - A loving tribute to the memory of Thomas Chester Trelease, killed in action, somewhere in France, June 1918
"A sacrifice for liberty, err life had scarce begun"
Inserted by his sincere friend, Dora K. Hall
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