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THORNTON, Raymond Slade
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 224 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Letter Carrier |
| Died: | Died of wounds - gunshot wound to the right side, On board H.S. Dunlace Castle, Greece, 27 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row H, Grave 127 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Jeparit Ellam School & Distrcit Roll of Honor Great War, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 224, 2nd Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 224, 2nd Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 224, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 27 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 224, 2nd Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Died on the hospital ship from wounds received at Dardenelles | |
| 27 May 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 224, 2nd Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 224 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred and Alice Maud May Thornton of 55 Donald Street, Prahran
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Meal
Also served in the senior cadets
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