SUMMERS, Thomas Scott
| Service Number: | 5629 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Pulmonary tuberculosis , Woodville Red Cross Home, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1921 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Portion: Presbyterian; Section 6NE; Lot 42 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5629 | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5629, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5629, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5629, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 10 Jan 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 5629, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Gassed | |
| 7 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5629, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 28 Mar 1921: | Involvement Sapper, 5629, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5629 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1921-03-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
102 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 30th March 1921, Sapper Thomas Scott Summers, referred to as Scott, 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company (Reg No-5629), miner from Daniel Street, Cessnock, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 46. PRESBYTERIAN-6NE. 42.
Mr. Summers died on the 28th March 1921 of pulmonary tuberculosis at the Woodville Red Cross Home, Randwick, N.S.W.
Born at Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland about 1876 to Thomas Snr and Colini Summers nee Shearer, Thomas enlisted May 1916 with the Tunnelling Companies Reinforcements at Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on the 25th October 1916.
Wounded in action - 10.1.1918 (gas poisoning).
Admitted to hospital 8.9.1917 (bronchitis), 22.1.1918 (gas poisoning, slight), 13.8.1918 (chronic bronchitis).
Transferred to England 29.8.1918.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, wounding, returning home, etc.
Mr. Summers’s name has been inscribed on the Cessnock War Memorial and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Scott’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 28/3/1921.
Plaque installed in the New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, N.S.W., date unknown.
Officially commemorated - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
See Tunnellers - http://www.tunnellers.net/
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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