Thomas Andrew PREECE

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PREECE, Thomas Andrew

Other Name:	Price, Thomas Andrew
Service Number:	2649
Enlisted:	3 September 1914
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sandford, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Sandford, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 6 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casterton War Memorial, Sandford School Honour Roll, Sandford War Memorial

World War 1 Service

3 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2649, Divisional Ammunition Column
25 Sep 1914:	Involvement Driver, 2649, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1914:	Embarked Driver, 2649, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
12 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Field Artillery Brigade

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Thomas was the one of four sons of James and Catherine Preece of Sandford, Victoria, who enlisted during WW1.

His brother 979 Pte Henry Peter Preece 39th Battalion AIF was killed in action, 14 April 1917. Two other brothers returned to Australia, 6879 Pte. Alfred George Preece 22nd Battalion AIF, in 1919 and 2459 Pte William Preece, 2nd Battalion AIF, in 1916.

Thomas Andrew Preece served under the name Thomas Andrew Price, reasons unknown.

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