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TEWKESBURY, Thomas James

Service Number:	5928
Enlisted:	14 June 1916, Cairns, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 4 December 1884
Home Town:	Gordonvale, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Gordonvale Hospital, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia, 7 November 1926, aged 41 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Gordonvale Cemetery, Qld Section: MON; Row: COE; Site: 56
Memorials:	Georgetown Etheridge War Memorial

World War 1 Service

14 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 5928, Cairns, QLD
3 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Infantry Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5928, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5928, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion
16 Apr 1920:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5928, 9th Infantry Battalion, RTA per Hororata (with his wife), disembarked 2MD 18-06-20 then by rail 1MD
13 Aug 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5928, 9th Infantry Battalion

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