BOGUE, Thomas
| Service Number: | 3023 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bootle, Liverpool, England, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St James Catholic School, Bootle, Liverpool, England |
| Occupation: | Marine Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row K, Grave 102 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3023, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3023, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 15 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3023, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3023 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-15 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is one of six Australian soldier casualties of the Great War who are honoured on the Bootle, St James Roman Catholic church war memorial; only three can be verified with any certainty.
Biography
Thomas BOGUE was born in Bootle, Liverpool, England in 1894
His parents were James BOGUE & Margaret Ann PLUCK who married in Liverpool in 1887
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58 Battalion
Rank - Private
26 February 1916 - Taken on strength 60 Btn
15 March 1916 - Taken on strength 58 Btn
17 June 1916 - Embarked HT Transylvania to join B.E.F at Alexandria
21 June 1916 - Charged with disobeying and order on board the ship at sea. Fined 4 days pay
23 June 1916 - Deisembarked at Marseilles
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British Medal, Victory Medal
Son of James and the late Margaret Ann Bogue Bogue of, 74, Chesnut Grove, Bootle, England
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