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YATES, Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 431 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne South, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Train |
| Born: | Labatouche, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 1973, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Thomas Simmons Lawn area, Row DE Grave 79. Interred on the 5 January 1973 and held in perpetuity for all time |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 431, 1st Divisional Train, Enlisted at Melbourne South, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 431, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 431, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 31 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 431, 1st Divisional Train, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was Clarendon Street, Melbourne South, Victoria.
Son of John Rodger Yates and Jane Elizabeth Yates nee Lowe of Eyre Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Next of kin was later given as his brother John Yates of Ferry Street, Kangaroo Point, QLD. Also brother of Charles Egerton Yates MM who returned to Australia on 11 May 1919 having served with the 52nd Battalion
Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1918 from Taranto, Italy aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on the 2 December 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal