WARE, Thomas Sefton
Service Number: | 7 |
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Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Train |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 8 June 1894 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk (Dalgety & Co) |
Died: | Natural causes, Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 5 June 1957, aged 62 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
21 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Army Service Corps | |
24 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Train | |
22 Jun 1918: | Honoured Military Cross, For conspicuous gallantry an devotion to duty. During an enemy advance he saved a large quantity of supplies from falling into the hands of the enemy, and succeeded in removing them all by rail while the enemy's infantry were approaching. He showed great coolness and skill. | |
11 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Train |
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"ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
Mr. A. W. Ware, C.M.O., formerly Mayor of Adelaide, has received a cable message that his son, Lieutenant Thomas Sefton Ware, has been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in France. Mr. Ware's elder son, Driver Charles Ware, is also at the front. Lieutenant Ware was in the wool department of Dalgety & Co., in Brisbane, before he enlisted as the seventh man in the first Queensland contingent." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 04 Mar 1918 (nla.gov.au)