Thomas Andrew (Tom) KAMORE

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KAMORE, Thomas Andrew

Service Number:	QX19803
Enlisted:	19 June 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chinderah, New South Wales, Australia, 1 October 1919
Home Town:	Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer (Cane Cutter)
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua , 18 December 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 6. Row C. Grave 22. Inscription: "THE WILL OF GOD".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, QX19803
19 Jun 1941:	Enlisted
19 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX19803, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
31 Oct 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX19803, 25th Infantry Battalion, embarked Sydney for Middle East
10 Apr 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX19803, 25th Infantry Battalion, embarked Middle East for RTA via Bombay
7 Aug 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX19803, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, embarked Brisbane for New Guinea
18 Dec 1942:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Thomas Andrew Kamore (Service No:QX19803) enlisted in the AIF on 19 June 1941 with 7 Infantry Training Battalion, and served in the Middle East (31 October 1941 - 10 April 1942) with 2/25th Infantry Battalion. Private Kamore was attached to 2/9th Infantry Battalion when he embarked with his Unit from Brisbane for New Guinea on 7 August 1942. Private Kamore was KiA (Died of Wounds) at Buna on 18 December 1942.

Tom was born in Chinderah, New South Wales in 1919, third of four children (and only son) of Thomas Kamore (b1870 in the Solomon Islands) and Emily Thorpe (b1895 in Nanango, QLD). Thomas (a Seaman) and Emily married in 1909 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, and settled at Chinderah via Murwillumbah where they raised their family and Thomas was a Labourer. Following Thomas' death in 1941, Emily moved to Brisbane and then to Bayrick Station via Augathella where she remarried.

Tom was working as a Labourer in Nambour QLD in 1941 when he enlisted in the Army.

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