STOCK, Thomas
| Service Number: | 89 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 November 1899 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Sandford, Victoria, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Sandford, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Caulfield Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Farmer & Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Rensburg, Colesberg Area, Cape Colony, South Africa, 12 February 1900 |
| Cemetery: |
Colesberg Cemetery, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Casterton Boer War Memorial, Hamilton Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 26 Nov 1899: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 89, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
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| 12 Feb 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 89, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Father John STOCK and Mother Christina Stock (nee McLENNAN)
living at lived at Carapook & Sandford
Thomas was the youngest of 12 children.
NOK in service:-
Eldest sibling - Sister - Elizabeth Esther STOCK b. 1858 Hotspur, VIC - d.1899, Ballarat,VIC
m. Edward RICHARDS, (b.1862, Ballarat, VIC - d. 1942, Melbourne, VIC)
Nephews: Edward John 'Jack' RICHARDS, b. 1885, Tyrendarra, Vic,
#286 - WW1, 1st AIF, 11th Battalion, Gallipoli
2nd Lieutenant - WW1 4th Sqaudron, AFC, France
later a Journalist
Nephews: Leslie James RICHARDS, b. 1892, Sandford, VIC - d. 1969, Armadale, VIC
#83 WW1, 1st AIF, - Sergeant in 10th Light Horse Regiment
20/10/1914 enlisted
6/7/1919 returned to Australia
Memorial: Carapook WW1 Honour Roll
Sister: Margaret Ann "Maggie STOCK
born in 1863 Digby, Victoria
WW1 1st AIF, Nurse
1930 died in Geelong, Victoria
Memorial: Carapook Honour Roll
Brother: Duncan STOCK
born in 1864, Hotspur, S-W Victoria
lived with parents and family at Hotspur, Carapook & Sandford
1899 Boer War - service #84.
Trooper in 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles (1st Contingent)
2/6/1916 enlisted into WWI - service # 2842.
Trooper in 8th Light Horse Regiment
11/9/1917 wounded in action, Palestine
3/7/1919 returned to Australia
1949 died in Casteron, Victoria
Brother: Alexander STOCK
born in 1870, Muntham parish, Sandford, S-W Victoria,
lived at Carapook, Sandford, Western Australia & Portland, Vic.
1899 Boer War - Service #503
Trooper in 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse (VIV) Contingent
Service #158 - Private with 16th Battalion
12/9/1914 enlisted in WWI (as Thomas WILLIAMS)
25/4/1915 landed in ANZAC
21/7/1918 returned to Australia
1947 died in Portland, Victoria
Thomas was born in 1876, Sandford, S-W Victoria
lived with his parents and family at Carapook & Sandford
1899 Boer War - Service #89
Trooper in 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles (1st Contingent)
28/10/1899 embarked on the as. Medic at Port of Melbourne, Victoria
9/2/1900 killed in action - Battle of Rensburg, South Africa
Memorial: Cypress Tree at Casterton Hospital gates.
Casterton Boer War Memorial
***NOTE: on 24/2/1900 in 'The Critic' - he is noted as "#84 Trooper Duncan Stock
His name is commemorated on Panel 3 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 24/7/2016. Lest we forget.
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