Thomas YATES

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Service Number:	253
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Victorian Imperial Bushman
Born:	Hillsborough, Victoria, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Kidney Failure (Uraemic Poisoning), Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 July 1901
Cemetery:	Colac Cemetery, Victoria Plot: CLC-RC-19-807-40
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Colac Soldier's Memorial

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 253
1 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 253, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Departed Melbourne on "Victoria" for Beira in Portuguese East Africa.
25 Dec 1900:	Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 253, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Hospitalized (Fever).
22 Jun 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 253, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Embarked East London. To R.T.A on "Orient".
12 Jul 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 253, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Disembarked at Melbourne. Ex-"Orient" to be paid off and discharged.
16 Jul 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 253, Victorian Imperial Bushmen
16 Jul 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 253, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Died in Hospital.

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