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TREGOWETH, Thomas Alfred John
| Service Number: | 2033 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2033, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 2033, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2033, 48th Infantry Battalion |
Thomas Alfred John Tregoweth
Name: Thomas Alfred John Tregoweth
Service Number: 2033
Place of Birth: Woodside
Date of Birth: 13 September 1897
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 17 January 1916
Age at Enlistment: 18 years 4 months
Next of Kin: Mother, Mary Tregowith
Occupation: Shop Assistant
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private
Thomas left from Outer Harbour on the Seeang Bee on 13 July 1916 with his brother Frederick and was sent to France with his unit the 48th Battalion on 24 January 1917. He was reported missing on 11 April but it was later confirmed he had been captured as a prisoner of war and interned at Saltau in Germany. Thomas was hospitalised for 13 weeks in Germany prior to being interned. On 11 April Corporal Albert Richards reported “When attacking a trench at Bullecourt on 11-12th {April} we had to evacuate the trench and Tregoweth was left behind about 3 pm. ...Yes, I saw Tregoweth was wounded on head.” Thomas sent a telegram to the A.I.F. on 25 August 1918 stating, “Still well and receiving my parcels regularly.”
At the end of the war Thomas was repatriated to England, arriving there on 26 December 1918 from whence he was returned to Australia on the Plassey on 17 March 1919. He disembarked on 28 April and was discharged on 5 June.
Submitted 26 October 2023 by christopher collins
Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
Signaller Thomas Tregoweth, son of Mr J T Tregoweth, of Norwood, has arrived in England, after having been a prisoner of war in germany since 1917. RSA Magazine February 1919.
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