GARTH, Thomas
| Service Numbers: | 2149, W48493 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Mohir, India, 29 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Perth Western Australia, 16 July 1969, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Ashes scattered over garden at Karrakatta |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Driver, 2149, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Driver, 2149, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Fremantle |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W48493 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
2149 Driver Thomas Garth, 8th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, was one of the first to join the First AIF, enlisting in August 1914, and served right through the Gallipoli campaign with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. He also serve in France, and he in December, 1916 he wrote the following letter to his then commanding officer,
“As my father, acting R.S.M. Thomas Garth 28th Battalion, and my brother, Gunner F. Garth of the 112th Howitzer Battery have been killed in action, and my brother Gunner J. Garth of the 55th Siege Battery, has been seriously wounded, I beg to apply either for my discharge or for leave to enable me to return to Australia to assist my mother to settle family affairs.
My mother has no relations in Australia to assist her, my sister being only fifteen years old, and my younger brother thirteen years.
I trust that I may be assisted in this matter, as my mother knows nothing regarding these matters.”
This application went up through the command, to Major-General H.B.Walker, CO of the 1st Australian Division, who wrote,
“The attached application from the above named man for leave of absence for return to Australia, for domestic reasons, is forwarded for consideration of the Lieut-General Commanding the A.I.F.
It is pointed out that the father and brother of this man have been killed in action, and one brother seriously wounded in this War.”
Thomas Garth was duly returned to Australia 4th May, 1917.