Thomas Peter (Tom) MOHAN

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MOHAN, Thomas Peter

Service Number:	230
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Victorian Imperial Bushman
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 February 1871
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier - Victorian Permanent Artillery
Died:	Malarial fever and Pneumonia, Jarkasdat, South Africa, 16 June 1901, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong Boer War Memorial, South Melbourne Boer War Commemorative Drinking Fountain

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 230
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 230, Victorian Imperial Bushmen
1 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 230, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, SS Victorian
16 Jun 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 230, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Died of Disease.

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Biography contributed by Maurice Kissane

Thomas Peter Mohan was the son of Phillip and Jane Mohan (nee Shillito). He was born in Melbourne in 1871. Tom was serving in Victoria's Permanent Artillery. He volunteered to serve overseas. Tom was enlisted as a Victorian Imperial Bushmen Corporal. For he could ride and shoot. Tom was subsequently promoted in the field to the rank of Sergeant. However, like many Boer War soldiers, he succumbed to disease. Tom is memorialized on his family plot's headstone in Melbourne. Lest We Forget.

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