Thomas Sefton WARE MC

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WARE, Thomas Sefton

Service Number:	7
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Divisional Train
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 8 June 1894
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk (Dalgety & Co)
Died:	Natural causes, Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 5 June 1957, aged 62 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
21 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Army Service Corps
24 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Train
22 Jun 1918:	Honoured Military Cross, For conspicuous gallantry an devotion to duty. During an enemy advance he saved a large quantity of supplies from falling into the hands of the enemy, and succeeded in removing them all by rail while the enemy's infantry were approaching. He showed great coolness and skill.
11 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Train

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Biography

"ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

Mr. A. W. Ware, C.M.O., formerly Mayor of Adelaide, has received a cable message that his son, Lieutenant Thomas Sefton Ware, has been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in France. Mr. Ware's elder son, Driver Charles Ware, is also at the front. Lieutenant Ware was in the wool department of Dalgety & Co., in Brisbane, before he enlisted as the seventh man in the first Queensland contingent." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 04 Mar 1918 (nla.gov.au)

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