Thomas Bekeley Lovell LOCK

LOCK, Thomas Bekeley Lovell

Service Number: SX369
Enlisted: 20 October 1939
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bristol, England, 20 October 1917
Home Town: Seaton, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Woodville, South Australia, 9 May 1970, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia
Section Q, Drive D, Path 2, Site Number 29BC
Memorials: Glenelg Town Hall Memorial Book
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World War 2 Service

20 Oct 1939: Involvement Private, SX369, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1939: Enlisted Keswick, SA
20 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX369
22 Nov 1944: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Ann-Marie Bosco

Thomas's story starts with his Father Cecil "Bert" Lovell Lock, who was born 1894 at Quorn.  Bert joined the AIF (10th Battalion) in 1914.  He served in Gallipoli & France & was repatriated to England in 1915 & 1917.  Bert spent months receiving treatment in Bishop's Knoll Hospital in Bristol.  It was in Bristol that he met Violet Irene Higgins and they married in the Parish Church, Clifton on 11 January 1917. Two children were born in England, Thomas and Wolseley, however Wolseley died at three months.  The family returned to Australia on the H T Benalla, arriving in Adelaide on 20 May 1919.

Thomas himself enlisted for WW2 on 20th October 1939 & joined 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion.  

See:  "Family Portraits: Matthew and Mary Lock and their descendants in South Australia"

 

 

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