UPTON, Thomas Charles Egbert
| Service Number: | 430 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1886 |
| Home Town: | Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railways Timekeeper |
| Died: | Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 3 July 1956, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Area M2, Section 12, Grave 485 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 430, 14th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 430, 14th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Thomas Nepean Upton and Annie Eliza Upton nee Beatus of 'Loloma', Roy Street, Lithgow, NSW
27 April 1916 - enlisted at Randwick with the 14th Machine Gun Company and with the rank of Private.
31 May 1917 - transferred to the 12th Machine Gun Company
9 September 1917 - promoted to Lance Corporal
14 October 1917 - wounded in action. Gassed and evacuated aboard HS St. Andrew on 7 November 1917
20 November 1917 - awarded Military Medal. Citation reads: During operations near Zonnebeke on evening of 12th October, 1917. The Machine Gun Battery to which he belonged was carrying out an S.O.S. barrage and ran short of S.A.A. He showed great enterprise in obtaining further supplies and great courage and devotion to duty in getting it to the Battery through an intense enemy barrage thereby ensuring the S.O.S. barrages being maintained.
London Gazette on 28 January 1918, page 1404, position 124.
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 June 1918, page 1391, position 121
7 October 1918 - promoted to Corporal
30 October 1918 - awarded Bar to Military Medal. Citation reads: In the operations against the Hindenburg Line, East of Le Verguier, this N.C.O. displayed a fine example of leadership and devotion to duty. during the advance to the final objective his section officer was seriously wounded, he at once assumed command, took his gun and crew forward, carefully selected his positions, and brought effective fire to bear on the enemy. His coolness, cheerfulness, and initiative were a fine example to all his men.
London Gazette on 17 June 1919, page 7644, position 10.
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 October 1919, page 1493, position 20
16 July 1919 - promoted to Sergeant
3 September 1919 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Barambah as pay staff disembarking on 25 October 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: Military Medal & Bar, British War Medal, Victory Medal
21 March 1920 - discharged at the 2nd Military District.
During 1925c Thomas married Theresa Hannorah Fleming in Sydney, NSW