THOMAS  C.

Given Names:   Clarence

               

Service Number:  1598

Unit:  24th Battalion, 1st reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  32 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Engine Driver                                                                                             

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4½ In                  

Weight:  154 Lbs

Chest:  34½-36½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  21/5/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Elisha Thomas

8 Churchill Grove, Glenferrie, Victoria                                                                               

Embarkation Date:  25/6/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ceramic A40

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Denison                                    

Embarked:  25/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  10/5/1919

Unit:  2nd Division MTM Battery                                                                                                    

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  17229

British War Medal:  15653

Victory Medal:  15551

Other:    

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  16/4/1883

Place:  Collingwood, Victoria                    

Father:  Elisha THOMAS                         

Mother:  Helen NELSON

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse: Myrtle Beatrice CAMPBELL

 

DEATH

Date or Year:  

Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Hawthorn Town Hall

Auburn State School

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary