DEBNAM, Thomas Leslie
| Service Number: | 1340 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 November 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Young, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Young, Young, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Burrangong Public School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | compound fracture to skull from a piece of shell, Malta, 29 July 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Addolorata Cemetery Addolorata Cemetery, Malta |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1340, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1340, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1340, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney | |
| 17 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1340, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 21 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1340, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Fractured skull |
CWGC and Army record data
Private 1340 Thomas Leslie DEBNAM.2nd Australian Infantry died 29th July 1915 aged 26. Son of Thomas and Margaret of Milkman's Creek, Young, New South Wales. At rest in Addolorata Cemetery, Malta
Some notes from his army records.
He joined up on the 28th November 1914 aged 25 and 5 months, occupation. On the 21st July 1915 he received a compound fracture to his skull at Gallipoli. He was treated in a Casualty Clearing Station and a Stationary Hospital. From there he was invalided to Malta and Hospital Ship Sicilia and was admitted into Auberge de Baviere Military Hospital, Valletta, Malta, where he died of his wounds on the 29th July 1915.
Submitted 19 August 2016 by Alfred Beard
Biography contributed by kristy debnam
Thomas Leslie Debnam also has his name on the family grave at the old cemetery in Young N.S.W Australia
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