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DARRIE, Thomas
| Service Number: | 1653 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Duance, Scotland, 17 March 1883 |
| Home Town: | Loxton (SA), Loxton Waikerie, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Victor Harbor, South Australia, 5 February 1972, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Victor Harbor General Cemetery, South Australia Row 9, Plot 63 |
| Memorials: | Loxton and District Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1653, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1653, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1653, 48th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW left leg necessitating evacuation via Rouen | |
| 23 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1653, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Lemar
Thomas DARRIE was born in Scotland in 1883 to Anthony and Jane DARRIE (nee BAIN).
He arrived in Adelaide in 1914 having embarked from Liverpool in England.
Thomas joined the AIF on 6 March 1916 and was appointed to 'A' Company, 2nd Depot Battalion AIF at Mitcham, Adelaide. He was allocated service number 1653.
After some initial training, he embarked for overseas service aboard the HMAT AGO "Aeneas'' disembarking at Port Said on 25 April,1916. Six week later, he embarked for England and on 30 September,1916, was transferred to the 48th Infantry Battalion in Etaples, France.
On 18 February 1917, Private DARRIE was severely wounded In action sustaining a gunshot wound to his left leg causing a compound fracture. As a result, on 25 February 1917, he was transferred from the 12th Army Field Hospital at Rauen to England where he was admitted to the Southern General Hospital in Birmingham and was later transferred to the Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Waymouth.
He returned to Australia on the troopship Q38 'Ulysses' departing England on 14 September1917 and was officially discharged from the AIF on 23 November 1917.
After the war, Thomas DARRIE lived in both New Zealand and Australia.
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