Thomas DULLEA

Badge Number: S2525, Sub Branch: State
S2525

DULLEA, Thomas

Service Number: 732
Enlisted: 4 October 1915, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 1st Remount Unit (AIF)
Born: Riverton, South Australia, Australia, 12 May 1889
Home Town: Saddleworth, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stockman
Died: Perth, Western Australia, 13 November 1963, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
ROMAN CATHOLIC - Section: NA - Gravesite: 0740
Memorials: Saddleworth Institute Roll of Honor WW1, Saddleworth St. Aidans Church Roll of Honour, Saddleworth War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

4 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
12 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 732, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
12 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 732, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 732
Date unknown: Wounded 732

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Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge

Mrs M Dullea lost three sons in the war would unveiled the Saddleworth War Memorial.  Her surviving son Sergeant T Duell of the 39th Battalion

Biography

The Register (Adelaide, SA: 1901 - 1929) Thursday 20 December 1917

ANOTHER APPEAL FROM THE FRONT.

Thomas Dullea, of Saddleworth, who has  spent six months in Egypt, and 18 months in France, writing from the latter country, says: — "It seems to me that Russia will have to cease work to put her own house in order. If that is so, may the gods be kind to us. Most men fight well— they know it is about as safe to fight as it is to run, so it comes to the question which of the rival   nations will back their armies the longest. The war   has been going on so long, and we have lost so   many men that I hope our people will stick it   out, even if the casualty lists grow longer and longer every day. The Irishmen in Ireland may   not have much to fight for, but Australians have   a lot to lose. We have been piping tunes for Norman Lindsay's war god, and my first break has been three days in bed. We have given and taken some horrible music during the year, but never before have we had to face the music like this. It is good to know that there are people left in   Australia who survive to keep the mule-headed   majority moving, and to make them lend a hand   in this business to make Australia safer for our   folks at home, and for those who come after us." Three of Bbbr. Dullea's brother have been killed in action during the last 16 months.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58867579 (nla.gov.au)

 

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