SLATER, Thomas Henry
| Service Number: | 2244 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 April 1915, Warragul, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nottingham, Enlgand, 10 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | GSW to buttocks, Aboard HS Devanha (at sea), Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 11 August 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial. Panel 29., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2244, Warragul, Victoria | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2244, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2244, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2244, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2244, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Thomas was baptised on 3rd January 1894 at St Marys Church, Lowdham and was the son of William Henry Slater and Catherine Ann Maria Slater née Wilson. His father was born in 1862 at Elston, Nottinghamshire and his mother was born in 1873 in Nottinghamshire. They were married on 27th August 1892 at St Mary's Church, Lowdham. In 1911, Thomas was living at Lowdham with his grandparents Thomas Henry (75) a retired farmer and Margret Alice (71) Slater along with their granddaughter Mary Collishaw and her son Willie. Thomas married Rose Emma Taylor in 1913 at Nottingham. They emigrated to Australia and lived at 151 Pelham Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia where, in 1914, they had a daughter Margaret Rose Slater. Following his death and post-war, she and her daughter returned to England to live at 16 Lupton Street, Kentish Town, London, later moving to 85 Robin Hood Chase, Nottingham.
Marriages Sep 1913
Slater Thomas H Taylor Nottingham 7b 668
Taylor Rose E Slater Nottingham 7b 668
He was a ironmonger's apprentice in 1911 and a labourer upon enlistment. On his enlistment papers he stated he had worked for Lewis and Grundy for 5 years.
Thomas had served with the 7th battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment before his emigration to Australia. He enlisted on 9th April 1915 at Warragul, Victoria giving his age as 21 years and 11 months and he stated he was a labourer and his next of kin was his wife Rose Emma Slater of 151 Pelham Street, Carlton, Victoria. His unit embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Wandilla on 17th June 1915. He landed at Gallipoli where he joined his battalion on 5th August 1915.
Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged) 30 September 1915: 'Slater died of wounds August 10th, Private H (Harry) Slater of the Australian Expeditionary Army, age 23 years. Husband of (-), son in law of Mr and Mrs George (-), 2 Robin Hood Chase.'
In the UK he is remembered on ………………..
Lowdham - St Mary's Church Parishioners War Memorial located at St Mary the Virgin, Church Lane, off Lambley Road, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire.
The memorial commemorates men from Lowdham, Gunthorpe and Caythorpe. The brass memorial was dedicated on 13 April 1921 at a service conducted by the Bishop of Southwell, The memorial was unveiled by Colonel Warwick. Two photographs taken at the ceremony were published in 'Lowdham: A village through time 1800-2008', Lowdham Local History Society, Bookcase Editions Ltd (ISBN 9 78 095478204 7).
Lowdham Village War Memorial is located at the
junction of the A6097 and A612. The memorial was unveiled by Col. Warwick and dedicated by the Bishop of Southwell on 13 April 1921. A photograph of the dedication of the memorial is also held in University of Nottingham Manuscripts and Special Collections (ref. MS 565/37). The memorial has been restored with new name panels
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