SALMON, Thomas Armitage
| Service Number: | 181 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 March 1915, Gympie, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Smithtown, New South Wales, 14 March 1898 |
| Home Town: | Norville, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Wolvi State School |
| Occupation: | Selector |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 August 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Assevillers New British Cemetery VI A 7, Assevillers New British Cemetery, Assevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 181, Gympie, Queensland | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 181, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 24 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 181, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
| 29 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 181, 26th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 181 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Albert Armitage SALMON and Lucy RUDDER - he was one of 15 children
Lucy Salmon, nee Rudder, 1868-1936, bore 15 children and raised 16. Of the 16, 3 died as infants. Of the surviving 13, 3 were girls and did not go to war. Of the ten boys who grew to adulthood, five served in WW1.
Mrs. L. Salmon, Wolvi, has received advice that her son, Lance-corporal Thomas Armitage Salmon, was killed in action on August 29. Some time ago another son was killed at the Front. A third has returned home suffering from shell shock, the fourth is at the Front, while the fifth is at present in training at Brisbane.
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