Thomas Joseph FLYNN

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Service Number:	4810
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	West Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	St. Patrick's Christian Brothers College Castlebar County Mayo Ireland
Occupation:	Fitters Assistant
Died:	Died whilst a Prisoner of War, Bullecourt, France, 9 April 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sauchy-Lestree Communal Cemetery Grave No 6 South side of cemetery. INSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. FLYNN OF WEST PERTH , Sauchy-Lestree Communal Cemetery, Sauchy-Lestree, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4810, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4810, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
9 Apr 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 4810, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4810 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-09

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48th Bn.,Australian Infantry, A.I.F., subsequently 16th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement

He was born at Hughenden, North Queensland. He was 27 and the son of T. and Mary Flynn, of 63, Stone St., West Perth, Western Australia.

Enlistment date-7 December 1915.

AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/33/3

Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916

Age at embarkation-26

He is commemorated on the Mayo Great War Memorial in Castlebar, Mayo Peace Park