HUTCHINS, Thomas Arthur
| Service Number: | 303 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bantry, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Menindee, Central Darling, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor-driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 14 May 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Grave III. E. 4., Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
3rd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron, Australian Light Horse.
Address-Menandae, South Australia [possibly Menindee, New South Wales]
Next of kin-Father, S.M. Hutchins, Bally Lickey, Bantry, County Cork, Ireland
Enlistment date-19 August 1914
Age at embarkation-26
AWM Embarkation Roll number-10/8/1
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 22 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll-Sapper.
He is remembered on the war memorials in St. Brendan's Church, Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry, County Cork, Ireland.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
It is quite possible that he was related to Captain Richard Hutchins who fell whilst serving with the 4th Bn.,Royal Munster Fusiliers
He was killed 13th May 1915 aged 39; he was from Ardnagashel which is at Ballylickey near Bantry West Cork which is where Thomas' father lived.
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