ENRIGHT, Thomas
| Service Number: | W243808 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Army Dental Corps |
| Born: | Northam, Western Australia, 19 August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mount Hawthorn, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dental Mechanic |
| Died: | Injuries motor vehicle accident, Hollywood Military Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia , 10 October 1943, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Burial reference: - Plot G, Row C, Grave 5. Personal Inscription: - "THY WILL BE DONE". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement W243808 | |
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| 25 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, W243808 | |
| 17 Nov 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, Royal Australian Army Dental Corps , Died from injuries received in car accident. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - John Enright and Elizabeth Pickett
Wife: - Laura Willis married 1939 in Dundas, Western Australia. (Occupation Dental Nurse)
Court of Inquiry convened 30th November 1943 concluded Staff Sergeant Thomas Enright died as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.
Type of injuries noted as ruptured bladder, fractured pelvis and tibular in right thigh, resulting in heart failure. He was on leave when the accident occurred on 8th October 1943 at the corner of Glyde St and Stirling Highway, Mosman Park. The driver of the car in which he was a passenger, was his brother in law Sergeant Richard Turpin.
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