TOMS, Albert Thompson
| Service Number: | 4434 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, WA, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Car Accident - Broken neck, near Mandurah, WA, 5 May 1935 |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan GC 0138 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4434, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4434, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4434, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Albert and Louisa TOMS of 48 Walcott Street, Mount Lawley
PINNED UNDER
CAR
Fatality Near
Rockingham
INQUIRY FINDING
The story of a passenger's amazing escape when a motor car driven by Albert Thompson Toms (38), building contractor, overturned at the junction of Rockingham and Mandurah roads, on May 5, was related in the Fremantle
Courthousp today at an inquiry into Toms' death.
The Acting Coroner (Mr. G. T. Payne) conducted the inquiry and returned a verdict of accidental death. Toms, who was pinned beneath the car. was killed outright as a result of a broken neck, but his brother-in-law, Leonard Harry Armstrong, who was seated beside him crawled out from under the car uninjured. . Armstrong, a building contractor, residing at 5 Merriwa-street, Hollywood, told the Coroner that he left Rockingham with Toms at about 10 p.m. on May 5. Approaching the Mandurah turnoff, the car was being driven at a speed of between 45 and 50 miles per hour. When within 15 yards of the junction Toms exclaimed 'Here's the corner,' and as he attempted to
negotiate the turn-off he cried ''We're gone.'' The car ran off into the scrub and overturned. 'I was able to crawl out uninjured,' Armstrong continued, 'but Toms was pinned under the car.'
COULD NOT LIFT CAR
I tried to release him, but could not lift the car.' Armstrong said that he walked part of the way back to Rockingham and was picked up by another car. Returning to the scene he and two others again failed to lift the car, and they went back to Rockingham for assistance. Be fore their return the car had been righted and Toms was on his way to Fremantle Hospital.
To the Coroner : Toms and I had one or two drinks, but were perfectly sober.
Godfrey Adams, sales manager, of 1329 Bay-street, Perth, was at Rockingham oh the night of the accident, and learning that a man was pinned beneath a car, he obtained assistance and proceeded to the spot. Deceased was lying under the back of the car, the only portion visible being his hand. Toms was dead when extricated.
Mounted-constable Aylmore said that he received a report from Armstrong regarding the accident, but when he reached the scene Toms had been removed to hospital. Armstrong stated that the car had been travelling at a
speed of 50 miles per hour at the time of the mishap. The car was considerably damaged.
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