Thomas WILLOUGHBY

WILLOUGHBY, Thomas

    Service Number: 343
    Enlisted: 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Myrtleford, Alpine, Victoria
    Schooling: Myrtleford State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Butcher
    Died: Died of wounds - head, At sea on board HS Galeka, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain T.J. Mills of HS Galeka officiated Panel 16, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leeton ANZAC Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Myrtleford Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honor, Myrtleford Methodist Church Memorial Window, Myrtleford State School No 955 Great War Honor Roll, Myrtleford War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 343, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 343, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 343, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John C. Willoughby of Myrtleford, Victoria. Brother of William Willoughby who killed on 31 March 1917 while serving with the NZ Rifle Brigade and is buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery Plot 1, Row G, Grave 21

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

    Also served in the Victorian Militia

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