MANSBRIDGE, Tom Franklin
| Service Numbers: | 3395, 9257 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 June 1916, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Curragh Country, Kildare, Ireland, 18 September 1878 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Perth Boys School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 June 1918, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot X, Row A, Grave 8, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3395, 44th Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA | |
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| 29 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3395, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 3395, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 3 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, 3395, 44th Infantry Battalion |
Boer War Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 9257, Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Thomas Franklin MANSBRIDGE was born in Curragh County, Kildare, Ireland on 18th September, 1878
His parents were William Henry MANSBRIDGE & Margaret GRIFFIN who married in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1868
He married Isabella Margaret LUNDY on 10th June 1903 in St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church in Johannesburg, South Africa - 4 known children
Thomas served in both the Boer War and WW1 and was Killed in Action in France on 3rd June, 1918 and is buried in the Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery
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His brother William Owen MANSBRIDGE also served as a Lieutenant Colonel during WW1 with the 16th Infantry Battalion & the 44th Infantry Battalion
He returned to Australia in 1919
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