Thomas LINTON

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Service Number:	444
Enlisted:	29 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia, October 1887
Home Town:	Scottsdale, Dorset, Tasmania
Schooling:	Sheffield State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Dairy farmer
Died:	GSW left eye, thigh and back at Lagnicourt, 9th Casualty Clearing Station, near Lagnicourt, France, 31 March 1917
Cemetery:	Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension Row N, Grave 13
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Scottsdale Municipality Pictorial HR, Sheffield War Memorial, South Spreyton Baptist Church Honour Roll

29 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 444, 40th Infantry Battalion
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 444, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 444, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
31 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
31 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 444, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, At Lagnicourt, GSW to left eye, thigh and back. Treated by 5th Australian Field Ambulance. Died at 9th Casualty Clearing Station
31 Mar 1917:	Involvement Private, 444, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 444 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-31

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