Albert Thomas

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First Name:

Albert

Last Name:

Thomas

Date of Birth:

Sunday, October 3, 1886

Mother's Name:

Jane Thomas (nee Pearson)

Father's Name:

William Thomas

Date Enlisted:

Tuesday, March 14, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

4th Battalion

Company:

2nd Reinforcement

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

1914/15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Monday, November 30, 1964

Place of Death:

Wollongong

Details:

Albert (Bert) Thomas (Service No 1914) was born 3 October 1886.

When he was 15 he was working at Joe Izzard’s store and Charlie Ameera Box’s store, both at Albion Park, N.S.W., and was also delivering groceries throughout Shellharbour.

Bert opened up his own store at Waterloo, Sydney, and had also worked for a time in a store at Queensland before enlisting in the AIF.

Bert embarked with the 41st Battalion from Brisbane, on board HMAT A42 Boorara on 16 August, 1916, and served on the Western Front, in France.

He was wounded in action on 1 August 1917, and admitted to hospital before returning to his unit a week later. On 3 January 1918 Bert was again admitted to hospital, this time suffering from Trench Fever. In September 1918 Bert was wounded a second time while serviing on the Front.

He returned to Australia on 12 Devember 1918, After Bert returned home he worked on cattle stations in Queensland. A serious accident in Brisbane in 1929 eventually saw Bert return to the Illawarra where he died in 1965.

Sources:

Thomas, Stan 1968 'One Hundred and Thirty Years

NAA: B2455, THOMAS A