Thomas Bary AUSTIN

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Service Number:	2232
Enlisted:	15 April 1915, Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, 13 March 1870
Home Town:	Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Natural causes, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1952, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Wollongong Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:

15 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2232, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2232, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney
5 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2232, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2232, 1st Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW right hand
20 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2232, 1st Infantry Battalion, HT Kanowana, Suez for invaliding to Australia - disembarking Sydney 26 November 1915
7 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2232, 1st Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

Husband of Eliza Louisa Austin of Market Square, Woolongong, NSW

Father of George Robert Austin killed in action at Bullecourt on 15 May 1915

Returned to Australia 20 October 1915 due to gun shot wound to the right hand

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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