CONWAY, Thomas Joseph
| Service Number: | W39834 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Boulder, Western Australia, 29 January 1910 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanic and Shopkeeper |
| Died: | Illness, Melville, Western Australia, 1 March 1942, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, W39834 | |
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| 31 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W39834, 28 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Thomas Joseph Conway (Service No:W39834) enlisted in the ACMF on 31 December 1941 and served with 28th Infantry Battalion. Private Conway died on 1 March 1943 in Western Australia.
Born in 1910 in Boulder, Kalgoorlie WA, Thomas was the third of six children of Patrick Joseph Conway (b1876 in County Kerry, Ireland) and Johanna Burk (b1881 in Victoria) Patrick and Johanna married in 1889 in Victoria and by the early 1900's were settled in the WA Goldfields where they raised their family and Patrick was a Miner at Boulder. Following his death in 1918, Johanna later remarried.
Thomas worked as a Miner, Mechanic and Shopkeeper in Boulder before his enlistment. He died at Melville and was buried in Boulder WA.
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