DEDMAN, Thomas
| Service Number: | 2592 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walhalla, Victoria, 2 July 1884 |
| Home Town: | Walhalla, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Walhalla State School |
| Occupation: | Mounted Qld Police Constable |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 July 1916, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Queensland Police Service Roll of Honour, Childers Isis District Roll of Honour, Childers Memorial Hall (Isis District Pictorial War Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2592, 26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 21 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2592, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2592, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2592, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2592 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Charles Henry and Elizabeth DEDMAN.
"Constable Thomas Dedman served in the Queensland Police for six years before being granted a leave of absence to join the A.I.F in 1915. He, like Corporal Thompson embarked aboard the HMAT Seang Bee A48 on the 21 of October 1915 as part of the 26th Infantry Battalion. On arrival in Egypt the A.I.F was re-organised by creating 16 new Battalions, each containing several experienced soldiers from the Gallipoli campaign. Dedman was posted to the 12th Battalion where we was promoted to Corporal. His company left Alexandria and arrived in Marseilles on the 5 of April 1916, and then they travelled by train to Belgian Flanders. In early July, the 12th Battalion moved to take part in the attack on the village of Pozieres, set for the 23 of July 1916. Corporal Dedman was last seen when the 12th Battalion went ‘over the top’ during an attack on the 23 of July. There are conflicting accounts of what occurred and how Corporal Dedman was killed. One report states he was killed by a shell at 5am that morning, another report states he was killed by machine gun fire during an attack on the 24 of July as he did not return with the men who were forced back to their trench. His body was not found after the attack and a court of inquiry found that he was killed in action between the 23 and 24 of July 1916. His remains were found some months later and he was buried in an unmarked grave near Pozieres, supposedly in the Pozieres British Cemetery. He was 34 years old." - SOURCE (www.police.qld.gov.au)
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