Thomas Wesley PINDER

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PINDER, Thomas Wesley

Service Number:	831
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, March 1887
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row B. Grave 1, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 831, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
20 Aug 1914:	Involvement Driver, 831, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 831, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 831, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 831 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Henry Pinder and Maria Bridget Pinder nee Gould of Retreat Road, Bendigo, Victoria. Brother of Ethel Lavinia Pinder, Gertrude Amy Pinder, Claud Jonathon Pinder, Joseph Francis Pinder who returned to Australia on 9 March 1919 having served with the 8th Battalion, Valentine Pinder, Francis Benjamin Pinder, Jonathon Pinder, Lavinia Olive Pinder, Nellie May Pinder and Stephen Henry Pinder

Medals: 194-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Pte Pinder was killed in action at the Gallipoli landing (second wave) and his body was originally buried in an isolated grave near the bottom of Victoria Gully.

He was re-interred in the Brown's Dip Cemetery in 1921 before finally being laid to rest in the Lone Pine Cemetery in 1923.

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