THOMAS, Ernest Lewis Albert
| Service Number: | 10369 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, January 1889 |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Last St State School, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | printer |
| Died: | Wounds, Huntingdon County Hospital attached to 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, 5 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Huntingdon (Priory Road) Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom RRR. 36, Huntingdon (Priory Road) Cemetery, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Albert Park Yacht & Angling WW1 Club Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Saddler, 10369, 10th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 10369, 10th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 10369, 10th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 27 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 10369, 10th Field Company Engineers, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, GSW to right knee at Houplines, France. DOW | |
| 5 Jun 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 10369, 11th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 10369 awm_unit: 10 Field Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-06-05 |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 5th June.... Sapper Ernest Lewis Albert Thomas was born at Elsternwick, Victoria in 1889 (His birth was registered in the name of Louis Ernest Albert Thomas).
Ernest Lewis Albert Thomas enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 3rd February, 1916 as a 27 year old, single, Printer from Moonee Ponds, Victoria. He was posted to Engineers Reinforcements on 3rd February, 1916 then transferred to 10th Field Company Engineers on 16th March, 1916.
Sapper Ernest Lewis Albert Thomas embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Runic (A54) on 20th June, 1916 & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 10th August, 1916.
Sapper Thomas was written up for an offence – he was A.W.L. (Absent without Leave) from midnight on 12th November, 1916 to 11 pm on 13th November, 1916. He was awarded 4 days Field Punishment No. 2 & forfeited 5 days’ pay.
Sapper Thomas proceeded overseas to France from Southampton on 23rd November, 1916.
Sapper Thomas was wounded in action on 27th February, 1917. He was admitted to Casualty Clearing Station with gunshot wounds to right knee then transferred to Hospital at Boulogne, France. From there he was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Cambria from Boulogne, France on 6th March, 1917 with gunshot wounds to right leg.
Sapper Thomas was admitted to 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, England on 6th March, 1917 with gunshot wounds to right knee – serious.
Sapper Ernest Lewis Albert Thomas died on morning of 5th June, 1917 at Huntingdon County Hospital attached to 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, England from wounds received in action in France - gunshot wounds to right knee. The Huntingdon County Hospital was a convalescent Hospital affiliated with 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, England.
Sapper Ernest Lewis Albert Thomas was buried in Priory Road Cemetery, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England where one other WW1 Australian Soldier is buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/huntingdon.html
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