Thomas Phillip DEVINE

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DEVINE, Thomas Phillip

Service Numbers:	2364, 2364A
Enlisted:	9 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goodna, Queensland, Australia, 22 September 1887
Home Town:	Goodna, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Goodna State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Freezer
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 26 March 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Menin Road South Military Cemetery Plot I, Row C, Grave 21.
Memorials:	Ipswich Redbank Freezing Works & District Honour Roll, Redbank War Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2364, 25th Infantry Battalion
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2364, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2364, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane
28 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion
26 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2364A, 9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Thomas was the son of Daniel and Margaret Devine of Goodna, Queensland. He was killed in action during March 1918 when the 9th Battalion was in the trenches near Hollebeke in Belgium, not far from Ypres. His remains were found and his identity disc returned to his family during 1921.

His older brother, 464 Pte. Stephen Patrick Devine (served as Ryan) 42nd Battalion AIF, was killed in action 4 October 1917, aged 35.

Another brother, Daniel Devine 49th Battalion AIF, enlisted at the age of 41 and was sent home medically unfit during late 1917.

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