Thomas Henry MELLING

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Service Number:	137
Enlisted:	6 January 1916
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 30 March 1886
Home Town:	Tenterfield, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teamster
Died:	Perforated Pyloric ulcer - accidental ingestion of poison, Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, 26 March 1927, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Tenterfield Cemetery, NSW TC- CE Row K, Lot 9a
Memorials:	Bottle & Tunglebung Creeks Bonalbo District HR, Mallanganee WW1 Roll of Honour, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis)

6 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 137, 36th Infantry Battalion
13 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 137, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 137, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
8 Jan 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion
30 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion
3 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 137, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HT Leicestershire, England for return to Australia - arriving Sydney 22 June 1919.
6 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 137, 33rd Infantry Battalion

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