TONKS, Harold Wellington
| Service Numbers: | 3731, 3803 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1917, Enlisted 4/2/1916, discharged after 16 days, "unlikely to be an efficient soldier" |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Dungog, New South Wales, Australia, 28 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 15 August 1964, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-214. 52. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3731, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted 4/2/1916, discharged after 16 days, "unlikely to be an efficient soldier" | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 3803, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
| 2 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 3803, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 2 Mar 1918: | Embarked Private, 3803, 1st Light Horse Regiment, SS Ormonde, Sydney | |
| 9 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3803, 1st Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
59 years ago today, on the 17th August 1964, Private Harold Wellington Tonks, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment (Reg Nos- N3731 & 3803), labourer from West Kempsey, New South Wales and Hamilton, N.S.W.?, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 73. ANGLICAN 3-214. 52.
Born at Dungog, New South Wales on the 28th December 1890 to Charles Emanuel (Emmanuel, died 22.6.1931, age 70) and Ellen Tonks nee Stanton (died 8.7.1945, age 83); husband of Ada May Tonks nee Lean of 164 Duke Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales (married 1914, Stroud, N.S.W., died 30.12.1973, N.S.W., district unknown, age?, sleeping here), Harold enlisted on the 4th February 1916 with the 36th Battalion, (Reg No-N3731) at Kempsey, N.S.W.
Discharged 12.4.1916 after 69 days service as unlikely to become an efficient soldier.
Reenlisted-7.2.1917, (Camel Corps Reinforcements) Kempsey, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on the 19th December 1917.
Failed to reembark at Melbourne, Victoria 22nd December 1917.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales (7th Australian Light Horse Regiment) on board RMS Ormonde on the 2nd March 1918.
Admitted to hospital 26.4.1918 (measles), 21.9.1918 (not stated), 2.11.1918 (malaria).
Harold returned home on the 19th April 1919, being discharged on the 9th May 1919.
Mr. Tonks’s name has been inscribed on the Gloucester Shire First World War Roll of Honor, Gloucester Soldiers Club Honour Roll and the Gloucester Memorial Clock Tower.
Not officially commemorated.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Harold’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Older brother Herbert Clifton (Cliff, born 30.5.1889, Dungog, New South Wales, ganger from Gloucester, New South Wales, enlisted 27.7.1916, 36th Battalion, Reg No-2402A, wounded in action - 17.7.1917 (GSW left leg), 22.8.1918 (GSW left thigh), RTA 4.3.1919, 35th Battalion, died 6.11.1967, Gloucester, N.S.W., age 78, not officially commemorated.
Younger brother Ernest Victor (Vic, born 1.1.1893, Dungog, New South Wales, labourer from West Kempsey, New South Wales, enlisted 6.10.1916, 1st Australian Machine Gun Company, Reg No-650A, reported missing from the 6.4.1918 to the 18.4.1918, reported Prisoner of War 24.4.1918, RTA 31.5.1919, 4th Australian Machine Gun Battalion, died 25.8.1964, Gloucester, N.S.W., age 71, officially commemorated) also served 1st A.I.F.
Ryan Dudley descendant.
Harold Wellington Tonks, "D" Company, 36th Battalion, 34 Rein., 7th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Light Horse Regiment & Camel Corps, AIF; son of Charles Emanuel Tonks who was a younger brother of my great-great-grandmother Mary Jane Peters nee Tonks.
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Lest We Forget.
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