Walter Henry THOMAS

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Service Number:	12230
Enlisted:	20 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Blinman, South Australia, 17 May 1891
Home Town:	Torrensville, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, 19 March 1954, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Isa Cemetery, Qld P-1, Pl-2, Grave #730
Memorials:

20 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 12230, Enlisted at Adelaide
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 12230, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 12230, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
15 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 12230, Discharged at Adelaide
Date unknown:	Wounded 12230

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30 September 1917 - Wounded in action, severe gunshot wound to the right leg

13 February 1918 - Rejoined unit from wounding

9 June 1918 - Wounded in action, gunshot wound to the neck

29 May 1919 - Returned to Australia on board Negro

7 August 1920 - Married Hilda Beatrice Brine in the South Terrace Parsonage, Adelaide