FLYNN, Joseph Thomas
| Service Number: | 138 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, 2 year Randwick Rifles |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Albury, New South Wales, Australia, April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St John's School, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tram driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 138, 1st Infantry Battalion, 2 year Randwick Rifles | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 138, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 138, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Thomas Joseph (‘Joe’) FLYNN (Service Number 138) was born in Albury in 1888, and educated at St John’s School, Darlinghurst. He had served an apprenticeship of five years to a saddler in Balmain before he joined the Tramways in 1907 as a conductor, working out of the Rushcutters Bay depot. In 1912 he was promoted to electric tram driver but reduced to conductor for a fortnight in December 1913 owing to some misdemeanour, before being reinstated as a driver. In August 1914 he enlisted in the AIF at Sydney.
He was reported wounded and missing in action at Gallipoli between 25 and 29 April 1915, and subsequently it was determined that he had been killed in action.
He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial. War pensions were granted to his widowed mother and an ex-nuptial child.
Submitted 7 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gallipoli Association
Private Joseph Thomas Flynn, 1st Battalion.
A tram driver from Sydney, NSW prior to enlistment.
Pte Flynn embarked with A Company from Sydney on HMAT Afric #OTD in 1914.
After being initially declared as wounded and missing in action, a later Court of Enquiry determined that he had been killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, aged 26.
He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Thomas Joseph (‘Joe’) FLYNN (Service Number 138) was born in Albury in 1888. He was educated at St John’s School, Darlinghurst. He served an apprenticeship of five years to a saddler in Balmain. He joined the Tramways in 1907 as a conductor, working out of the Rushcutters Bay depot. In 1912 he was promoted to electric tram driver. He was reduced to conductor for a fortnight in December 1913 owing to some misdemeanour, before being reinstated as a driver.
In August 1914 he enlisted in the AIF at Sydney.
He embarked from Sydney with the 1st Battalion in October 1914. He was sent via Egypt to Gallipoli, and took part in the first landing there. He was reported wounded and missing in action between 25th and 29th April 1915. Subsequently it was determined that he had been killed in action.
He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial. War pensions were granted to his widowed mother and an ex-nuptial child.
- based on notes for the Great Sycney Central Station Honour Board
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