Thomas MATHERS

MATHERS, Thomas

Service Number: 3502
Enlisted: 11 September 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Millers Point, New South Wales, 15 September 1891
Home Town: Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Peronne, France, 1 September 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
Special Memorial 6, Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3502, Sydney, New South Wales
24 Jan 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3502, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3502, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
18 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 53rd Infantry Battalion, At Forvant
17 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3502, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Gas shell
1 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3502, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3502 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-09-01

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edwin and Rosanna Mathers of Chapman Street, Surry Hills, NSW previously of 89 Phelps Street, Surry Hills; brother of Alfred Edwin Mathers MM

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

20 September 1922 - Base Records wrote to Thomas father that a special cross with the words 'Believed to be buried in this cemetery, actual grave unknown' was erected in the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension