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MCASEY, Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5160 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 October 1914, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 27 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXIV, Row G, Grave No. 17 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tourello Walnut Grove Honour Roll |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5160, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 5160, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 5160, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Chilka, Melbourne | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt | |
| 11 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Depot Battalion , Egypt - 5th Division Base Depot | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 27 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5160, 58th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, SW to left thigh and right hand sustained near Gueudecourt. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 13 July 1917. | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5160, 58th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SW to head (fractured). Evacuated to 10th CCS (situated at Lijssenthoek) where he died of his wound later the same day. | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 5160, 58th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5160 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-27 |
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