HAROLD, Thomas Francis
| Service Number: | 1934 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Navan, County Meath, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi, Queensland |
| Schooling: | St Josephs School, Halifax, England |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Somme, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1934, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1934, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
25th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 25 and a son of James and Mary Harold. His brother, Private Christopher Harold, Service Number 2027, 26th Battalion, returned to Australia, 8 April 1919.
Sister, Miss Mary Harold, 57 Portland Street, Halifax, England.
Age on arrival in Australia-22
Enlistment date-17 June 1915
Age at embarkation-28
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/42/2
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 16 August 1915.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Embarked Brisbane on HMAT 'Kyarra', 16 August 1915.
Taken on strength of 25th Battalion, Gallipoli, 12 October 1915; disembarked from HMT 'Hororata', Alexandria, 9 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).
Embarked Alexandria and proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Force, 14 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 19 May 1916.
He is remembered on the Navan Great War Memorial, Town Hall, Watergate Street, Navan, County Meath, Ireland.
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