Thomas George UPTON

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Service Number:	32981
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	Field Artillery Brigades
Born:	Willow Tree, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Willow Tree, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Car Proprietor
Died:	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Willow Tree and District Honour Roll

11 May 1917:	Involvement Driver, 32981, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Driver, 32981, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne

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Son of Edward Upton and Anne Upton of Willow Tree, NSW.

1 November 1916 - enlisted at Sydney with the Field Artillery Brigade Reinforcements and with the rank of Private

3 November 1916 - transferred to the 22nd Howitzer Brigade with the rank of Gunner

1 December 1916 - promoted to Driver

23 October 1917 - transferred to the 4th Divisional Ammunition Column

24 October 1917 - transferred to the 10th Field Artillery Brigade

17 March 1919 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 3 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

2 June 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Miltary District as medically unfit due to myalgia

During 1924c Thomas married Clara M. Gamble in Sydney, NSW