HANRAHAN, Thomas Frederick
| Service Number: | 634 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marylebone, London, England, 16 August 1887 |
| Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electric Tram Workshop Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row A, Grave 16 Chaplain J. McKenzie officiated |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 634, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 634, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 634, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Thomas Frederick HANRAHAN, (Service Number 634) was born on 16 August 1887 Marylebone, England. In 1912 he took up work as a labourer in the Electric Tram Branch at North Sydney, relocating to Randwick in July 1914. The next month he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He became missing in action on 2 May 1915 ‘at the Dardanelles’. His body was recovered and buried during the Armistice on 24 May, in the 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery about ½ mile E of Anzac Cove. It is unclear as to whether this is the same location described in other records as the SW side of Braunds Hill, ESE of Anzac Cove, or the appropriately name ‘Valley of Death’.
Submitted 22 August 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was 45 Frazer Road, Petersham, NSW
Son of Amelia Hanrahan of 28 Great Barlow Street, Maraylebone, England
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Thomas Frederick HANRAHAN, (Service Number 634) was born on 16 August 1887 Marylebone, England. In 1912 he took up work as a labourer in the Electric Tram Branch at North Sydney, relocating to Randwick in July 1914. The next month he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He became missing in action on 2 May 1915 ‘at the Dardanelles’. His body was recovered and buried during the Armistice on 24 May, in the 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery about ½ mile E of Anzac Cove.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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