THOMAS, Harry David
| Service Number: | 1650 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 25 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Invermay State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 June 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row J, Grave 47. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1650, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1650, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1650, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harry Thomas was married in 1911 and his wife died in 1912 possibly due to child birth complications. He enlisted as widower with an infant daughter. He served at Gallipoli and was twice evacuated sick. He was a very early casualty of the Australians on the Western Front, being killed by shellfire on 4 June 1916. He left a will to his mother, who was caring for his daughter, and the daughter was also awarded a pension of one pound per week.
Brothers Pte. Herbert William Thomas, 4th Machine Gun Company, was killed in action at Bullecourt 11 April 1917 and Lieutenant Charles Edward Thomas MID, 5th Battalion, returned to Australia in 1918.
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