Thomas Henry BONE

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BONE, Thomas Henry

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	10 January 1916
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1891
Home Town:	Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Government Central School, Boulder, Western Australia
Occupation:	High School Teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot XXXVI, Row H, Grave No. 24
Memorials:	Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Bunbury Wesley Church World War One Memorial Windows, Claremont Teachers College War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 44th Infantry Battalion
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement 44th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle
5 Oct 1917:	Involvement Captain, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 44th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-10-05

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Capt Thomas Henry Bone (born 5.8.1891, Newcastle, N.S.W., married school teacher (Subiaco, Western Australia), from 102 Hopkins Street, Boulder City, Western Australia, enlisted 10.1.1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, age 24 years 5 months, 44th Battalion, 2nd Lieutenant, unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on board HMAT A29 Suevic on the 6th June 1916, disembarked Plymouth, England 9.1.1917, promoted Lieutenant 15.11.1916, promoted Captain 13.7.1917, KIA 4 or 5.10.1917, age 26 years 2 months, Battle of Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, resting at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium. Plot XXXVI Row H Grave 24.

Older Brother of Pte Cecil Bone (SERN 110) who died of disease in France on Anzac Day 1918.

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