HALPIN, Thomas Francis
| Service Number: | 4670 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 21 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 28 July 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goulburn District Railway Employees Great War Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Thomas Francis HALPIN (Service Number 4670) was born on 21st January 1895 at Goulburn. He commenced work with the NSWGR as a junior clerk in the locomotive depot of the town in which he was born in July 1911.
He was rleased from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 22nd July 1915. He enlisted at Warwick Farm Depot in August 1915, naming his mother Margaret, c/o Coffee Palace, Goulburn, as his next of kin because he was not married. He claimed two years’ service in the Infantry Machine Gun section of the Militia.
He left Australia from Sydney aboard RMS ‘Osterley’ on 15 January 1916.
He was wounded in action, according to the records, between the 22nd and 25th July 1916. He was admitted to the 1st Australian Field Ambulance on 25th July. He was transferred to the 44th Casualty Clearing Station and died there on 28th July from gunshot wounds to head, neck and arm.
He is buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery, 7½ miles SSE of Doullen.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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