TOLMAN, Alfred Gibbs
| Service Numbers: | 167, 535 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914, Pontville, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 18 July 1878 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Model State School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Romani, Sinai Peninsula, 4 August 1916, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Jerusalem Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 167, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Jun 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 167, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 535, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Pontville, Tas. | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 535, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 9 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 535, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Embarked for Gallipoli | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 535, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, No details (remained at duty). | |
| 12 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli | |
| 28 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 535, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani, Killed in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Born 18th July 1878 Hobart Tasmania to John Gibbs and Elizabeth Tasmania Tolman (nee Watson) he was a pastoralist on King Island when he enlisted.
He served in the Boer War – enlisted in the 2nd Tasmanian Bushmen Contingent and saw service in Rhodesia, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony.
Enlisted in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment and embarked Hobart Tasmania 20th Oct 1914 on HMAT Geelong. He landed at Gallipoli with his regiment and was there until evacuation though once wounded. For his skill and ingenuity in holding an outpost was complimented by his General and promoted to sergeant. This post was named “Tolman’s Post” in his honour.
He was killed in action 4th August 1916 at Romani and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial.
Source: tasmanianwarcasualties.com
"Official notification has been received that Sergt. A. G. Tolmnn 3rd Light Horse Regiment. A.I.F., was killed in action between the 4th and 6th of August in Egypt. Sergt. Tolman who was a son of the late Mr. J. G. Tolman und Mrs. Tolman of Garden Crescent, Hobart was born in Hobart and was in his 39th year. He saw service in the South African war under Captain Rigall, D.S.O., since when he had engaged in pastoral pursuits on King Island and in Alberta, Canada. At the outbreak of the present war he was at Thursday Island, and came to Hobart to enlist in the Tasmanian quota of the Light Horse, which he joined as a trooper, and sailed with the first contingent. With his regiment he landed on Gallipoli a few days after the memorable landing on April 25 last year, and never left it till the evacuation, though once severely wounded. Tolman's Road and Tolman's Post named after him on the Peninsula, bear tribute to his initiative and abilities as a soldier, earning for him promotion to the rank of sergeant. Since the evacuation he had been continuously on duty in Egypt, till he met his death in the now famous battle of El Romani against the Turks."
The Mercury 14th August 1916
Source: tasmanianwarcasualties.com
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