MARSHALL, Thomas
| Service Number: | 2246 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Wild Duck Creek, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carrier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXII, Row CC, Grave No. 21, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mia Mia Presbyterian Church Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2246, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2246, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2246, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 2246, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2246 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-11-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
2246 Pte Thomas Marshall, 22nd Battalion, enlisted and embarked from Melbourne with his brother William who had also enlisted in the same unit. Thomas was promoted to Lance Corporal on 19 May 1916. He was also wounded in August 1916 and evacuated to the United Kingdom for recuperation before rejoining the battalion in November. On 1 May 1917 he was promoted to Sergeant. On 9 November 1917 he was hit in the head by shrapnel and died of wounds shortly after being carried to a dressing station near Zonnebeke.
His brother 2182 Lance Corporal William Marshall, 22nd Battalion, died of wounds at Bullecourt 3 May 1917.
Two other brothers both served and returned in 1919, 33456 Gunner Robert Gibson Marshall, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, and 3343 Pte George Marshall, 39th Battalion AIF.
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