LUSTY, Thomas Sidney William
| Service Number: | 483 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1915, West Maitland, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, 19 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | St Leonards, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Willoughby Public School |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 October 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kendall War Memorial, Leichhardt War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 483, 35th Infantry Battalion, West Maitland, New South Wales | |
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| 1 May 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 483, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' |
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| 1 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 483, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 483, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Thomas Sidney William LUSTY was born in 1892 in North Sydney, NSW
His parents were Thomas LUSTY and Caroline DAVIS
He enlisted on 6th December, 1915 with the Australian Army - he was with the 35th Battalion, B Company - Unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Benalla on 1st May, 1916
Thomas was Killed in Action in the Field in Belgium on 17th October, 1917 - no known grave - he is honoured on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and the Australian War Memorial
He was posthumously awarded the Military Medal on 1st February, 1918 and also received the British War Medal & the Victory Medal
His brother 1663 Pte. Herbert Raymond LUSTY (/explore/people/230683) was also Killed in Action on April, 15th 1917 - he is remembered in the Martins Creek Public School Peace Memorial Garden
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Sydney Morning Herald, 17th October 1918
On Active Service.
LUSTY.- Killed in Action in France, October 17, 1917, Private Sidney Lusty (MM) also Private Raymond Lusty Killed in Action, France, April, 15th 1917
"My dear brothers sleep their last long sleep
In a place we may never see,
Might some kind friend in that foreign land
Strew some flowers for me"
A tribute of love from their Father & Sister Gertie, Norton St Leichhardt
LUSTY.- A tribute of loving remembrance to our dear nephews, Private Sidney Thomas Lusty (MM) Killed in Action on Oct. 17 aged 25 years. Also Private Raymond Lusty aged 23 years, Killed in Action, France, April, 15, 1917
"Though cast down in tears and sorrow
We have lost the ones we loved.
Yet there comes the angels whisper
They are resting in heaven above" Our Heroes
Inserted by Mr. & Mrs. A McDonald, Norton St Leichhardt.
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