Thomas CAREY

CAREY, Thomas

    Service Number: 1111
    Enlisted: 5 October 1914, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Riverstone, New South Wales, 1886
    Home Town: Sackville Reach, The Hills Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    5 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1111, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1111, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1111, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Next of kin given as his sister Mary Carey of Sackville Reach via Windsor, NSW. Eldest brother James Carey of Police Depot, Bourke Street, Redfern, NSW, Theresa Hall nee Carey, Alice Coleman nee Carey, Edward Carey, Walter Carey, Silvia Donnellan nee Carey and George Carey

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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