GORRINGE, Thomas Henry
| Service Number: | 2843 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Hagley, Tasmania, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Hagley, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway official |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 24 April 1961 |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2843, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2843, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2843, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 29 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 2843, 1st Divisional Signal Company, 2nd Passchendaele | |
| 31 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 2843, 1st Divisional Signal Company, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 2nd occasion - Gassed | |
| 1 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2843, 1st Divisional Signal Company |
Logan Village Museum
Thomas was born in 1890 at Hagley, Tasmania and died on the 24th of April 1961. He is remembered at the Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens in Brisbane. The son of John and Ann (nee Emms). He married Lilly Gordon.
Thomas is listed on the Logan Village Honour Roll WW1. He was working in the area before he enlisted. He is also listed amongst the Museum Honour Roll for the area.
Submitted 4 March 2018 by Coralyn Cowin
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...2843 Private Thomas Henry Gorringe. A railway official from Nambour, Queensland prior to enlistment, Pte Gorringe embarked with the 6th Reinforcements, 57th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Nestor on 2 October 1916. Following his graduation from signals school, he joined the 1st Divisional Signal Company and was gassed and evacuated to England. Following his recovery he rejoined his unit as was gassed once more. Due to the severity of the gas poisoning, he returned to Australia on 19 October 1918 and was medically discharged..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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