KING, Thomas Leonard
| Service Number: | VX33352 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Coragulac, Victoria, Australia, 19 October 1912 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, At sea (Middle East), 29 May 1941, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, VX33352 | |
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| 20 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX33352 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Fox
Thomas’ father John King was a Groom/Chauffeur and had died when Thomas was only eleven years old.
Thomas and his brothers and sisters were brought up by their mother Mary, and when war broke out Thomas joined the Army in the 3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment.
Gunner King, aged 28, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 29 May 1941.
Thomas had two brothers who also served in the Military. James George King [148138] served in the RAAF, and Ian Inglis King [VX33325] who served in the Army and who became a prisoner of war. Both brothers returned to Australia at wars end.
[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]
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