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MELLING, Thomas Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 137 |
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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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
6 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 137, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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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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