Thomas Alfred BATH

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BATH, Thomas Alfred

Service Number:	91
Enlisted:	11 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Morgan, South Australia, 3 August 1894
Home Town:	Berri, Berri and Barmera, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horsebreaker
Died:	Natural causes, Berri, South Australia, 2 March 1984, aged 89 years
Cemetery:	Barmera (Upper Murray) Garden of Memory Cemetery Section G; Row D; Plot 7
Memorials:	Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honor Boards (4)

World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 91, 21st Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 91, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 91, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 91, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 91, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
15 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 91, 21st Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Mother Mrs Mary Ann Bath (nee Cavender) and Russell Bath of Renmark, South Australia.

On enlisting Thomas was 21yrs 4mths old, Uniting, worked as a Horsebreaker.

11/1/1915    Enlisted in Coleraine, VIC - with 21st Btn
4/5/1915      Enlistment at Broadmeadows, VIC
23/8/1915    sick, struck off strength
16/11/1916  rtd to Aust, rtnd to duty
4/2/1917      proceeded overseas to France joined 6th Trng Btn, Darkhill
9/2/1917      joined 21st battalion
25/3/1917   embarked onboard HS St David to ENG
27/3/1917    Gun shot wound right leg, admitted to London Gen Hosp, Camberwell
17/11/1917 discharged from hospital
1/2/1918    proceeded overseas to France
2/10/1918     embarked onboard Nestor at Pt Melb
19/11/1918   disembarked Plymouth, England
30/1/1919     influenza
12/2/1919     discharged from hospital
17/3/1919     returned to Aust onboard Plassy
15/6/1919     discharged

Medals: 1914/15 Star 18803; British War medal 12303; Victory medal 12215.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. January 2016. Lest we forget.

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