Thomas MAIN

MAIN, Thomas

Service Number: 15226
Enlisted: 14 October 1915, Place of enlistment - Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Victoria, 1895
Home Town: Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling: State School
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Died of wounds, Abbyville, France, 1 September 1918
Cemetery: Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension
Row F, Grave 25B Headstone Inscription "BELOVED ELDEST SON OF JAMES & MARY MAIN QUEENSTOWN, TASMANIA AGED 23.", Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queenstown Mount Lyell School of Mines and Industries Honour Roll, Queenstown State School WWI Roll of Honour, South Queenstown State School Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

14 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 15226, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Place of enlistment - Claremont, Tasmania
4 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 15226, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Embarked on HMAT 'A17' Port Lincoln from Melbourne on 4th May 1916.
1 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 15226, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 15226 awm_unit: 14 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-09-01

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of James Forsyiath and Mary Blackburn Grinly MAIN, of Bailey Street, South Queenstown, Tasmania. Native of Victoria, Australia.