WILSON, Thomas Anderton
| Service Number: | 3984 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beetham, Westmoreland, England, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Yarram, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 16 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille Plot 1, Row A, Grave 31, Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beetham War Memorial, Yarram WW1 War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3984, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3984, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 22 years
8 March 1916 - Admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopoliswith Pyrexia, Tonsillitis
16 March 1916 - Discharged to duty.
29 March 1916 - Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force;
4 April 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles, France;
17 May 1916 - Taken on strength, 6th Battalion
23 January 1917 - Admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance with quinsy
25 January 1917 - Transferred to Ambulance Train No 22
26 January 1917 - Admitted to 12th General Hospital at Rouen
31 January 1917 - Transferred to No 2 Convalescent Depot
8 February 1917 - To Base Depot at Etaples
7 March 1917 - Rejoined unit
31 August 1917 - On leave to United Kingdom;
12 September 1917 - Rejoined unit from leave
11 February 1918 - On leave to United Kingdom
2 March 1918 rejoined unit from leave
4 June 1918 - Wounded in action, gun shot wound, face
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
WILSON, Thomas Anderton, Private 3984, 12th Reinforcement, 6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, killed in action 16th June 1918, aged 25 at Wimille, France (Private 3984, and he is at rest in Terlinctun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France Some notes from his Army record held in Victoria, Australia but can be accessed by the internet. He joined up on the 20th July 1915 at Broadmeadows, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aged 22years and 9 months. He gave his mother, Mrs Dora Agnes Varley as his next of kin of 6, Old Row, Sedwick, Kendal, Westmorland and gave his occupation as a farm hand. He was posted to C Coy 10th Depot, Victoria, from the 22nd July 1915 to the 21st October 1915. He and many others embarked Melbourne for Egypt on HLM A.T. A40 "Ceramic" Whilst in Cairo he was admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Cairo several time with Quincey. The 29th March 1916 his unit embarked Alexandria and disembarked at Marseilles, France on the 4th April 1916 and joined the the 6th Battalion in the field at Etaples. 4th June 1918 he was wounded in action at Boulogne and was cared for by the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance and on the 5th was admitted to 83rd General Hospital, at Boulogne where died from his wounds, (gunshot to the face), on the 16th June 1918. His WILL was made and witnessed by two soldiers from his regiment on the 7th July 1917, leaving everything to his mum.
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