Tom Allsopp

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First Name:

Tom

Last Name:

Allsopp

Alternate Spelling:

Allsop

Mother's Name:

Louisa (nee Mears)

Father's Name:

Robert Allsopp

Date Enlisted:

Thursday, April 27, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

30th Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Thursday, May 10, 1917

Place of Death:

France

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Tom Allsopp (Service No 3752) was born September 1894 in Clarendon Park, Leicester, England and came to Australia in 1913. At the time of enlistment he was a single 22 year old farm labourer living in Dapto, NSW.

He embarked on HMAT A68 Anchises with 9th Reinforcements, 30th Battalion on 24th August 1916. Tom was first sent to England and finally arrived in France on 23rd December 1916. On 10th May 1917 he was evacuated to the Australian Field Ambulance Dressing Station to be treated for trench fever. While there the station was hit by a shell and Tom was killed.

Tom is buried in Vaulx Australian Field Ambulance Cemetery Row C grave 22.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, ALLSOPP T