GORMAN, Thomas
| Service Number: | 60 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 28 December 1874 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Business Manager |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 60, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 60, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 1 Jul 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 60, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901. |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Thomas Gorman served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. He first served as a Private (rising to Lance-Corporal) S.N. 60 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Boer War. He re-enlisted for WW1 serving as a Hon. Lieutenant (Quarter-Master) in the 16th Infantry Battalion AIF WW1.
At the time he enlisted in the Boer War he was living in Qld giving his place of residence as Bundaberg. He married Henrietta Edwards in Qld on 28 Jul 1901. Prior to enlisting in WW1 they had relocated to Perth where at the time of enlistment he was sorking as a Business Manager. In his WW1 service record (p. 36) the Application for a Commission notes his previous service in the Boer War in the 3rd Q.M.I.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Thomas Gorman served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. He first served as a Private (rising to Lance-Corporal) S.N. 60 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Boer War. He re-enlisted for WW1 serving as a Hon. Lieutenant (Quarter-Master) in the 16th Infantry Battalion AIF WW1.
At the time he enlisted in the Boer War he was living in Qld giving his place of residence as Bundaberg. He married Henrietta Edwards in Qld on 28 Jul 1901. Prior to enlisting in WW1 they had relocated to Perth where at the time of enlistment he was working as a Business Manager. In his WW1 service record (p. 36) the Application for a Commission notes his previous service in the Boer War in the 3rd Q.M.I.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).
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