RAND  T.E.

Given Names:  Thomas Evan

               

Service Number:  234

Unit:  Australian Flying Corps                                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  19 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Engineering Student                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9½ In                  

Weight:  157 Lbs

Chest:  34-39 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  27/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas Rand

Urangeline', Barkers Road, East Kew, Victoria                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  16/3/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orsova A67

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Navasa  

Embarked:  5/3/1919                                 

Disembarked: 

Unit:  67th Squadron AFC                                                                                                             

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  26/7/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  37119

Victory Medal:  36785

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  22/1/1896

Place:  Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Father:  Thomas RAND                           

Mother:  Sarah EVANS

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:             

Spouse: Lillian Francis McDONALD

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1964                                 

Place: St Kilda, Victoria                           

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Was in aeroplane crash at Minchinhampton, England on 4/5/1918; Rand was pilot; suffered cuts and abrasions

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Auburn State School

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary