CONVILLE, Thomas
| Service Number: | 931 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yorkshire, England, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 27 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 931, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 931, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 931, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 931 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-08 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Thomas CONVILLE, (Service Number 931), Yorkshire-born in 1887, evidently served an apprenticeship in Yorkshire as a grocer (the ‘trade or calling’ given when he enlisted in the AIF) before joining the NSWGR. He was first employed by them as a casual porter at Darling Harbour in 1913, before being made permanent later that year. In August 1914 he enlisted in the AIF in Sydney.
Submitted 5 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Thomas CONVILLE, (Service Number 931) was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1887. It appears that he served an apprenticeship in Yorkshire as a grocer (the ‘trade or calling’ given when he enlisted in the AIF) before joining the NSW Government Railways. He was first employed by them as a casual porter at Darling Harbour in 1913, before being made permanent later that year. In August 1914 he enlisted in the AIF in Sydney.
He embarked from Sydney in October, 1914. He landed in Egypt in December. He was promoted to Lance-Corporal at Anzac Cove in May 1915. He was evacuated to hospital in July with a sprained ankle and gastritis. He rejoined his unit at Gallipoli on 20th July. On 8th August he was reported missing. This was soon changed to ‘killed in action’. He was buried in Browns Dip North Cemetery, 500 yards S of Anzac Cove. After the war, Browns Dip Cemetery was initially intended to remain as a permanent cemetery, but the site was unstable and prone to erosion and landslides. Therefore, in 1923, the remains at Browns Dip were exhumed and moved to the new Lone Pine Cemetery.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Boarad