MENZIES, Thomas Walter
| Service Number: | 6946 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Barber's Improver |
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World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 6946, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 6946, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
Thomas Walter Menzies was born in Yarraville, Vic, the son of Thomas and Florence Amy Menzies. Thomas Walter was a Barber’s Improver. The family had previously lived in Broken Hill, NSW, where Thomas Walter had completed a 2 year apprenticeship with A. Clifton. Thomas Walter enlisted for service in Melbourne on 8.7.15. He was 18 years and 4 months old. Both parents gave their consent to his enlistment. He was 5’ 2” in height, with a fair complexion, blue eyes and fair hair.
He joined the 9th Depot Battalion at the Show Grounds Camp, Ascot Vale, on 8.7.15. On 9.9.15 Thomas Menzies Snr. died at Liverpool Camp, NSW. A Discharge from Service was granted to Thomas Walter on 1.10.15 “owing to the death of his father, and also that he is under age.”
On 13.11.16 Thomas Walter Menzies re-applied for service in Melbourne. He was 19 years of age, and now employed as a Labourer. He named his mother as next-of-kin, giving her address as 3 French St, Footscray. He reported to Royal Park on 27.11.16. On 21.3.17 he was appointed to the 19th Reinforcements for the 22nd Battalion and allotted Service No. 6946. He joined the 2nd Depot Battalion at Broadmeadows on 4.4.17 and embarked for overseas on 11.5.17.
He disembarked in England in July, 1917, and was almost immediately admitted to hospital with Ingrowing Toe Nails. In August he was admitted to hospital with Tonsillitis. He was discharged from hospital on 7.9.17. On 24.9.17 he took an unauthorised trip to Scotland, returning on 11.10.17. Charged with being Absent Without Leave, he was sentenced to 4 days imprisonment.
He embarked for France on 6.3.18 and joined the 22nd Battalion on 13.3.18. On 19.5.18 the 22nd Battalion participated in the attack on Ville-sur-Ancre. Thomas Walter Menzies was Wounded in Action, sustaining a Gun Shot Wound to his left knee. He was discharged from hospital on 9.6.18 and then invalided to the Convalescent Depot in England. He embarked for return to Australia on 16.1.19.
“The Men Listed on the Roll of Honour, St John’s Presbyterian Church, Bendigo”: Larna Malone