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VICKERS, Thomas Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | 231 |
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Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 14th Field Ambulance |
Born: | Newport, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
Schooling: | North Williamstown State School, Victoria |
Occupation: | Leather Grader |
Died: | Wounds, France, 14 May 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Beugnatre Communal Cemetery Grave 4. Headstone inscription reads: Dearly loved brother of Amelia, William, Ada, Edgar, Ethel, Elsie, Maude |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 231, 2nd Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 231, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 231, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
24 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Ambulance, From 2nd Field Ambulance | |
14 May 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 231, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 231 awm_unit: 14th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William A. Vickers and Sarah Adeline Vickers nee Southam of Burra Road, Artarmon, NSW formerly of Newport, Victoria.
Next of kin given as his brother W.J. Vickers of Nicholson Street, Footscray, Victoria.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal