William THOMAS

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Service Number:	7
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st South Australian Mounted Rifles
Born:	Camborne, Cornwall , 1854
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 7, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles

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Enlisted in British Armyat sixteen years of age

Served in Spanish Civil War for fifteen months in 1875 -76 fighting on the side of the the Royalist

Came to South Australia in 1879

When local forces were reorganised was made a warrant officer and quarter master sergeant of 2nd Battalion, South Australia

Invalided to Australia from South Africa August 1900.