Thomas Arthur POULSON

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POULSON, Thomas Arthur

Service Numbers:	1695, 1695A
Enlisted:	14 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 6 July 1887
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 June 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

14 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1695, Adelaide, South Australia
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1695, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1695, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
21 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion
11 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1695A, 27th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1695A awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-11

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Arthur Poulson and Elizabeth Sinclair Stewart of Unley Road, Unley, SA; brother of Ada Margaret Jessie Poulson, Laura Stewart Poulson, George Alexander Poulson, Maggie Poulson, Elizabeth Ada Poulson, Albert Lancelot poulson, and Gladys May Poulson.

6 December 1916 - to hospital with Synovitis in the knee

18 August 1917 - Charged and found guilty of being unshaven at the 09.00 Parade. at Windmill Hill. Awarded 14 days.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

His brother George Alexander Poulson also served in the 43 Battalion

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