Thomas WADE

WADE, Thomas

Service Number: 2466
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion
Born: Cremorne Crescent, Meadows, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England., 1895
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Queen's Walk Board School, Meadows, Nottingham, England.
Occupation: In England he was a Dressmaker’s Porter in 1911. In Australia he was a labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated on the VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
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World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 2466, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915: Embarked Private, 2466, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
11 Apr 1917: Involvement Private, 2466, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2466 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-11

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Mar 1895   Wade Thomas Nottingham 7b 324.

1911 census

Harriet Wade Head 51 Truro, Cornwall

John Reginald Wade Son 27 London Ish Town, Kent [sic] probably Kentish Town, London.

James Wade Son 22 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Florence Wade Daughter 19 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Thomas Wade Son 16 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

George Wade  Son 14 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Ethel Wade Daughter 7 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Percy Wade  Son 9 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

He was the son of Mrs Harriet Wade of 57 Blackstone Street, Nottingham.

Australian Infantry (AIF) 46th Bn embarked 16/7/1915 from Melbourne, Victoria aboard HMAT A64 Demosthenes.

 

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