EGAN, Thomas Francis
| Service Numbers: | 1668, 1668A |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Ignatius Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1668, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1668, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1668A, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1668A awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Corporal Cecil St Leger Lousada DCM MSM wrote a detailed account of Tom Egan's death at Pozieres which is recorded in his service file. Egan was listed as missing at Pozieres until a Court of enquiry held during October 1917, 14 months later. Tom Egan's brother 4779 John Leo Egan, 8th Battalion AIF was also killed at Pozieres less than two weeks on 18 August 1916. The two brothers were born and raised in Richmond and attended the St Ignatius School in Richmond.
A third brother, 45 Private William Joseph Egan, 10th Machine Gun Company, was returned to Australia 12 November 1916 for ‘family reason’, presumably because his 2 brothers had already lost their lives.