MAIR, Thomas Newell
| Service Number: | 10 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, 26 July 1885 |
| Home Town: | Bellevue Hill, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Ipswich Boys' Central School |
| Occupation: | Tram guard |
| Died: | Died of Illness (Pneumonia), France, 25 October 1917, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXX, Row G, Grave No. 12A, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 10, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 23 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 10, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Southern embarkation_ship_number: A27 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 10, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Southern, Sydney | |
| 1 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Field Ambulance | |
| 25 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 10, 13th Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 10 awm_unit: 13th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-25 | |
| 25 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 10, 13th Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'MAIR, Thomas Newell. Private, No. 10, 13th Aust. F. Amb., 52nd Battn. Born in Ipswich in 1885 and educated at the Ipswich Boys' Central School. Son of the late John and Emily Isabell Mair, of Rowlands Terrace, Ipswich. Enlisted on 11th August, 1914, and sailed for Egypt in September. Was at the landing on Gallipoli, and remained until the evacuation. Sent to France, and severely wounded on 11th October, 1917, and sent to General Hospital, Camiers, France, and died of wounds on 25th October, 1917.' from Queenslanders Who Fought in the Great War. (nla.gov.au)
'HEROES OF THE DARDANELLES.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mrs J. Mair, Ipswich, has received advice that another of her sons, Corporal T. N. Mair, of the New South Wales Light Horse, was invalided to England on July 28 last. Before enlisting in the mother State Corporal Mair was a well known mounted trooper in North Queensland.' from The Brisbane Courier 20 Oct 1915 (nla.gov.au)
'PERSONAL.
Ald. A. T. Stephenson is in receipt of a letter and postcard dated February 2 last from Pte. Tom Mair (son of Mrs. John Mair, of the Western Suburbs). The postcard contains the photograph of Pte. Mair, and an Egyptian soldier in full uniform. He says he saw quite a lot of Ipswich boys at Gallipoli. Including W. Woodford (railway), Norman Ploetz, and Charlie Scott, all of whom were "doing well." Pte. Mair is, he says, also "pretty right." He concludes his letter as follows :-- "l get the good old 'Q.T.' regularly from home. News from Ipswich is always very welcome to the lads from that part." from Queensland Times 6 Apr 1916 (nla.gov.au)
'ROLL OF HONOUR.
MAIR.—In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Corporal No. 10 Thomas Newell Mair, 1st L.H., 1st F.A., 1st Brigade, A 52nd, B., who died of wounds on October 25, 1917, Military Base Hospital, Etaples, France.
Some time, some day, our eyes shall see
The face we hold in memory;
And God shall link the golden chain,
Still closer, when we meet again.
(Inserted by his loving mother, sister, and brothers, Mrs. Mair, "Toms-Leigh," Rowland Terrace, Ipswich; Mrs. J. O'Neill, Sydney, Jack, Bob, Will, and Ernie.)' from Queensland Times 25 Oct 1919 (nla.gov.au)
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