COLE, Thomas
| Service Number: | 2388 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mitcham, South Australia, Australia , 18 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Mitcham, Mitcham, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Joseph's RC School, Mitcham, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Motor driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2388, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 21 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2388, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2388, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2388, 50th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...2388 Private Thomas Cole, 50th Battalion. A motor driver from Mitcham, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 21 September 1916 aboard HMAT Commonwealth (A73) for Plymouth, England. Following training with the 13th Training Battalion he proceeded to France in mid-August 1917 to join his battalion on the Western Front near Armentieres. Pte Cole was killed in action near Villers-Bretonneux on 25 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. He was aged 28 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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