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MCMAHON, Thomas
| Service Number: | 1721 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redhill, South Australia, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Arthurton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 12 October 1957, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Catholic Section |
| Memorials: | Arthurton WW1 Honour Roll, Port Broughton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1721, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1721, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1721, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by tony griffin
Thomas McMahon was the son of Thomas (deceased) and Mary McMahon who farmed near Garfield.
Thomas was born at Redhill in about 1871. A farmer, he was 34 years old when he enlisted at Kadina on 29 February 1916.
Thomas was appointed to 2nd Reinforcements 50 Battalion and embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT A60 “Aeneas” on 11 April 1916 and disembarked at Plymouth on 16 June. He was taken on strength of 50 Battalion in France on 19 August 1916. After a bout of bronchitis had Thomas incapacitated for three months he finally rejoined the battalion on 5 January 1917. On 2 April 1917 50 Battalion launched a successful attack on German positions at Noreuil in France but in this engagement Thomas received a severe shell wound to his left shoulder. He was invalided to England and admitted to the Kitchener War Hospital. Thomas embarked from England aboard HT “City of Exeter” on 15 January 1919 and disembarked in Adelaide on 28 February. He was discharged in Adelaide on 14 April 1919.
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