MAAG, Thomas Henry
| Service Number: | 5152 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot XXVII, Row A, Grave No. 13 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5152, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5152, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5152, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 5152, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5152 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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From Kirsten Binns Smith
Cpl Thomas Henry Maag
Notes from a conversation with Gwen Jones (Daughter of Pte Eb Jones 1406), 1 April 2017:
Thomas Henry Maag, service no. 5152, place of birth Brunswick, Vic., enlisted Melbourne, carpenter, 24 years 8 months, next of kin Julius Maag (father), 19 Mayfield Street, Coburg; dated 8/2/16; killed in action, Belgium, 20/9/17, 7th Battalion A.I.F. (late 8th Bn, A.I.F.); Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendale; M.C. Maag signs for Victory medal 1/3/23; Maria Maag signs for memorial plaque 3/2/23; M. Maag sign for memorial scroll 16/1/22 ‘Very pleased to receive same’; 2 identity disks returned and signed for by M. Maag 20/4/21 (address given as Mrs M.C. Maag, 19 Mayfield Street, Coburg, Vic.), notification to mother that son is buried at Tyne Cot British Cemetery, 5¼ miles East North East of Ypres, 21/12/20; confusion of spelling of surname, originally noted as Magg (although he signs as Maag); Maria Christina Maag, 19 Mayfield St., Coburg, noted as ‘Widowed Mother’ on War Pensions Act form, 13/12/17; will leaves estate to mother Mrs M.C. Maag, 6/7/17; pension claimed by Dagmar Maag, sister, 19 Mayfield Street, but rejected ‘Dependence not proved’, 18/12/17
A collection of Cpl Maag's writings and memorabilia form part of a collection of Eb and Gwen Jones memorabilia and writings that can be found in the "Jones Collection" Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Established 2021. This collection was collated by Kirsten Binns Smith.
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