Thomas Francis SPILLANE

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SPILLANE, Thomas Francis

Service Number:	1001
Enlisted:	16 February 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 6 April 1890
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tramway Employee
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 27 February 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Warlencourt British Cemetery IV B 3
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Municipality of Waterloo Roll of Service No 4

World War 1 Service

16 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
12 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1001, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1001, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney

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Biography

"WAR CASUALTIES. KILLED IN ACTION. PRIVATE THOMAS SPILLANE

Official intimation has been received by Mrs. C. Spillane, of Killarney, Pawls-road, Waterloo, that her only son, Private Thos. Spillane, had been killed in action in France. He was 24 years old when he left Australia in May, 1915, and served in Gallipoli. He was employed in the Electrical Engineers Department of the N.S.W. Government Tramways." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 29 Mar 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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