RANGER, Thomas
| Service Number: | 83 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Collingwood, Victoria, 1873 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Influenza, Dandenong, Victoria, 2 June 1919 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 83, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 83, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 83, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 9 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 83, 29th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Blyde
"83 Private Thomas Ranger, Headquarters Details, Pioneer Section, 29th Battalion, of Williamstown, Vic. Pte Ranger enlisted on 15 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ascanius on 10 November 1915. He returned to Australia on 4 May 1917." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Thomas Ranger enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria 29th Infantry Battalion and embarked aboard HMAT Ascanius from Melbourne on 15 Nov 1915.
He saw active service on the Somme in France and was discharged due to being medically unfit.
Family believe that he may have been previously served in the Boer War.
Thomas' family later mover to Pitsworth in Queensland where he has numerous great grand children and great-great grand children, including the Blyde, Hutley and Leis families.
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