Thomas Henry SAUNDERS

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SAUNDERS, Thomas Henry

Service Number:	373
Enlisted:	26 October 1914, Ayr, Queensland
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Winton, Queensland, Australia, July 1891
Home Town:	Longreach, Longreach, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 5 November 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 7,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Longreach War Memorial, Winton War Memorial

World War 1 Service

26 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 373, Ayr, Queensland
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 373, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 373, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
16 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 373, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
9 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Light Horse Regiment
16 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Light Horse Regiment
5 Nov 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 373, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 373 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-11-05

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'ROLL OF HONOUR.

SAUNDERS.-In loving memory of Thomas Henry Saunders, of Ilfracombe, killed at the Dardanelles, November 5th, 1915, aged 25 years.

The Empire called Australia's sons,
And did not call in vain;
Full willingly they left their homes,
By sea, in town, or plain,
And gladly "did their bit."
And many a well-loved lad of ours,
We shall not see again;
He lies far off in foreign grave,
'Neath foreign sun or rain-
Because he "did his bit."

(Inserted by his loving mother and sisters.)' from Morning Bulletin 4 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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