GOURLEY, Thomas Walker
| Service Number: | 2618 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 March 1916, Enlisted at Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Paisley, Scotland, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 11 January 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Memorialised Karrakatta Crematorium Rose Garden G position 0146 |
| Memorials: | Fremantle Scots Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Fremantle, Western Australia | |
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| 10 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2618, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2618, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle | |
| 4 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Training Battalion (AIF) | |
| 6 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 13 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2618, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Accidentally injured in the right knee - not his fault. Transferred to 1st South General Hospital at Moneyhull. Returned to France on 27.12.17 | |
| 22 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2618, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged from hospital on 15.6.18. | |
| 29 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2618, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), GSW to left arm and right leg. Invalided to the UK, University War Hospital on 2.8.18 | |
| 8 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2618, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Returned to Australia per D27 Marathon, disembarked on 24.12.18. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Helen Harmer
Thomas Walker Gourley was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1888. He had previously served with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion in Argyllshire. Thomas enlisted in Fremantle on the 7.3.16, aged 28 years 1 month. He was a labourer and Presbyterian. He initially listed his father in Paisley as his next of kin, but this was changed to his wife Lucy Gourley (née Martin) of 29 Price St, Fremantle. He was allocated service number 2618. initially he was a Private with the 32nd Battalion. Thomas was described as being 5 feet 7 inches tall, with a chest measurement of 35-40 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair. He attended musketry school from 8.7.16 until 20.7.16 and embarked at Fremantle on the HMAT Suffolk A23 on 10.10 16. Thomas was promoted to EDP Cpl on the 4.12.16 with the 13th Training Battalion, then transferred to 51st Battalion on 6.4.17. On 26.7.17 he was promoted to Corporal. On the 13.9.17 he was accidently injured in the right knee during training – not his fault. He was transferred to England and admitted to 1st South General Hospital at Moneyhull on 8.10.17. On the 4.12.17, he was AWL for 6 hours and forfeited 3 days’ pay. He returned to France on 27.12.17. He went to hospital sick on 6.1.18 for four days, then was wounded in action on 22.5.18 and discharged from hospital on 15.6.18. He was wounded a second time on the 29.7.18. Thomas was invalided to the UK and the University War Hospital on 2.8.18 with gunshot wounds to his left arm and right leg. He returned to Australia on the 6.11.18 per D27, Marathon, disembarked on the 24.12.18 and was discharged on the 8.2.19. Thomas died in Fremantle on the 11.1.1958 aged 70. He is memorialised at Karrakatta Crematorium Rose Garden G position 0146 and was a later addition to the Scots Church board.
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