THOMAS, Abraham
| Service Number: | 3189 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moonta SA , 15 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Moonta SA |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Tyne Cot Cemetery, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moonta All Saint's Anglican Church Memorial Honour Roll, Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1915: | Enlisted | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 3189, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 3189, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Malakuta, Adelaide | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement 3189, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3189 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-13 |
Copy of letter addressed to Military Headquarters Keswick 19/11/1917
Dear Sir
Mrs. E. Thomas of North Yelta, the mother of Abraham Thomas Regimental No. 3189, 32nd Battalion A.I.F. has been handed your telegram of the 14th Inst Rev. W.H. Robinson announcing that Lance Sergeant A. Thomas No. 2189 had been killed in action. Mrs Thomas was informed by her son that there were four others in the same Battalion named Thomas with "A" for initial of Christian name. As the number given in your telegram is not her son's number she thinks it possible that some mistake may have been made, and that the casuality may refer to one of the others named A. Thomas.
I shall be glad if you will let me know whether you can throw any further light on the matter, or whether there is any room for the mother to hope that a mistake has been made.
Yours Faithfully----------
What a stressful few weeks must have passed for my great grandmother Mrs. E. Thomas. Who would have prayed her son was safe and would return home.
Submitted 13 August 2014 by Nadine Tapley
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