SERVICE NO. 1579
22/09/1914- To Depot Company as Private then to 16th Battalion 3rd Reinforcements
16/02/1915- Discharged From Service Prior to Leaving Australia
SERVICE NUMBER- 371
28/01/1916-To 44th Battalion *B* Company
14/06/1916-Admitted Ships Hospital at Sea ( Sick )
25/11/1916-Proceeded overseas France ex. Southampton
11/01/1917-Admitted Hospital France ( Diarrhoea )
23/01/1917-Transferred 11th Machine Gun Company France
28/01/1917-Wounded in Action Armentieres France ( Gunshot Wound Severe Compound Fracture Left Tibia ) ex. 10 Aust Field Ambulance ex. 1 Casualty Clearing Station
1/02/1917-To 13 General Hospital Boulogne France
11/02/1917-Evacuated/Admitted Red Cross Hospital Chelmsford England then to Military Hospital Colchester ( Amputated Left Leg -Dangerously Ill )
25/03/1917-To 1st Aust Aux Hospital Harefield
23/08/1917-Admitted 1st Aust District Hospital Bulford ( Sick )
23/08/1917-To No. 2 Aust Aux Hospital Southall then discharged 19/10/1917
25/11/1917-Embarked Liverpool for Australia per *Karoola*
4/01/1918-Disembarked Fremantle to No. 8 Aust General Hospital Fremantle
22/01/1918-Discharged from Service
22/01/1918-National Archives also list soldier as Henry THOMAS
BRITTAIN, Thomas Henry ( Alias THOMAS, Henry )
Full Name: Thomas Henry (Alias Henry )
BRITTAIN ( Alias THOMAS )
Date of Birth: 02
–
1890
Place of birth: Bunbury
Australia
Occupation: Labourer/Butcher
Address: Collie WA
Next of Kin: Mother- Eliza Casey
Next of Kin Address: Forrest Street Collie WA
Religion: Roman Catholic
Service Number: 371/1579
Rank: Private
Unit/Division: 44th Battalion
Enlistment Date: 1914-09-22
Enlistment Location: Helena Vale
Western Australia
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Embarkation Date: 1916-06-06
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Disembarkation Date: 1916-07-21
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Returned: Yes
Discharge Date: 1918-01-22
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