Thomas COMINI

Badge Number: 1755, Sub Branch: Mt Gambier
1755

COMINI, Thomas

Service Number: 4160
Enlisted: 28 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ravenswood, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 30 April 1893
Home Town: Harcourt, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Orchardist / Tramway Employee & Cafe Proprietor
Died: Illness - Heart Attack, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 21 May 1951, aged 58 years
Cemetery: Mount Gambier Lake Terrace Cemetery
Section K, Grave 635
Memorials: Harcourt War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
29 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
20 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
26 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 57th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, BW to left wrist sustained in the front line near Beaumetz. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 30 April 1917.
8 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 57th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
26 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 57th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
24 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 57th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux
4 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 57th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory
8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 57th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
2 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 57th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne
29 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 57th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal
11 Nov 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 57th Infantry Battalion
15 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 57th Infantry Battalion, RTA 8 May 1919 for discharge.

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Biography contributed

Thomas COMINI was born in Ravenswood, Bendigo, Victoria on 30th April, 1893

His parents were Domenico COMINI & Isabella CAMERON who married in Victoria in 1880

He enlisted with the 5th Infantry Battalion on 28th Jul, 1915 and embarked with the 13th reinforcements from Melbourne on the HMAT Demonsthenes on 29th December, 1915 - he returned to Australia on 8th May, 1919 and was discharged on 15th August, 1919 (57th Infantry Battalion - Private)

He left Victoria in 1930 to go to South Australia and run a cafe with his Sister - he also worked for 9 years with the tramways & was originally an orchardist

Thomas died of a heart attack at his sisters residence in Umpherston St. Mount Gambier, SA on 21st May, 1951 and is buried in the Lake Terrace Cemetery in Mount Gambier

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