Thomas Porteus VALENTINE

Badge Number: S26372, Sub Branch: STATE
S26372

VALENTINE, Thomas Porteus

Service Number: 590
Enlisted: 28 November 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
Born: Prospect, South Australia, 13 March 1875
Home Town: North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Manager
Died: Daw Park, South Australia, 25 October 1956, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Derrick Garden of Remembrance. Path 4, Grave 47, interred on 26 October 1956
Memorials: Roseworthy Agricultural College Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

28 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 590, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
2 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 590, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
2 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 590, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane
29 Aug 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Light Horse Regiment, From 11th Light Horse Regiment
22 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Light Horse Regiment, From 9th Light Horse Regiment
7 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, From 11th Light Horse Regiment
5 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles Jonas Valentine and Isabella Ann Valentine of Wellington Square, North Adelaide, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 14 March 1919 aboard HT Euripidies disembarking on 15 April 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 24 June 1920 Thomas married Ellen Parker Blades in St Lawrence's Priory, North Adelaide, SA