Thomas Henry HEMPSELL

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HEMPSELL, Thomas Henry

Service Number:	62818
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements
Born:	Wagin, Western Australia, Australia, 26 October 1899
Home Town:	Ballaying, Wagin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Pnuemonic Influenza, Woodmans Point, Quarantine Station, Western Australia, Australia, 17 December 1918, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia NC1. 10., Quarantine Station, Woodman Point, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coogee "Boonah" Tragedy Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

29 Oct 1918:	Involvement Private, 62818, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
29 Oct 1918:	Embarked Private, 62818, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, HMAT Boonah, Fremantle
17 Dec 1918:	Involvement Private, 62818, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 62818 awm_unit: 3rd General Service Reinforcements awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-12-17

Thomas Henry Hempsell

Thomas, a serviceman onboard the HMAT Boonah, died from Spanish 'flu on 17 December 1918 and was buried at Woodman Point's military cemetery, Church of England section. On 24 June 1958 he was re-interred at the Perth War Cemetery, Plot U10. He was 19 years of age, from Wagin, WA.

62818 Private / T.H. Hempsell / Australian Imperial Force / 17th December 1918 / His duty nobly done.

AWM Roll of Honour, Panel 185.

A room in the museum at the former quarantine station, and a memorial outside its Isolation Hospital commemorates his service. Monument Australia explains the Boonah tragedy.

Submitted 7 May 2025 by gail dodd

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