ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

GARD, Thomas James Bastian

GARD, Thomas James Bastian

Full Name: Thomas James Bastian

GARD

Date of Birth: 07

–

1896

Place of birth: Charters Towers QLD

Australia

Occupation: Labourer

Address: Jephson Street Greenbushes WA

Next of Kin: Father- Thomas Henry GARD, Mother- Elizabeth Ann GARD

Next of Kin Address: Jephson Street Greenbushes WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 5100

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 48th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1916-01-13

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1916-03-31

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-04-27

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: France

Age at Death: 20

Burial Location: Inscription Villers-Brettoneux Memorial France

7/01/1916- Completed Application to Enlist & Preliminary Medical Examination Greenbushes WA
13/01/1916- To 43 Depot Blackboy Hill WA as Private
3/03/1916- To ” A ” Company No. 7 Depot Battalion Blackboy Hill
13/03/1916- Allotted to 16th Reinforcements 16th Battalion Bunbury WA
31/03/1916- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Shropshire ” bound for Egypt
27/04/1916- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to 4th Training Battalion Zeitoun Egypt
20/05/1916- Transferred to 48th Battalion at 12th Training Battalion Egypt
7/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
14/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles
21/07/1916- Taken on Strength 48th Battalion in the field France
6/08/1916- Killed in Action France.

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 34481

Victory Medal – No. 34237

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 316575.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Greenbushes War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 145

Villers – Brettoneux Memorial France.