TOWNSEND, Thomas

TOWNSEND,  Thomas

Full Name: Thomas

TOWNSEND

Date of Birth: 08

1882

Place of birth: Nauturch Crewe Cheshire

England

Occupation: Labourer

Address: Balingup WA

Next of Kin: Father- Richard TOWNSEND

Next of Kin Address: Cold Norton N Shore Staffordshire England

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 1894

Rank: Temp Sergeant

Unit/Division: 12th Field Artillery Brigade

Enlistment Date: 1914-08-27

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

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Embarkation Date: 1914-11-02

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Disembarkation Date: 1914-11-26

Locations Served:

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Returned: Yes

Discharge Date: 1919-03-16

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PREVIOUS SERVICE
8 Years RFA
27/08/1914- Joined 8th Battery Field Artillery
2/11/1914- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Medic ” bound for Egypt
26/11/1914- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to Overseas Training Base
4/04/1915- Embarked Alexandria with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces bound for Gallipoli Peninsula
22/06/1915- Admitted 4th Australian Field Ambulance Gallipoli  ( Extractions ) and discharged to rejoin Battery on same day
30/10/1915- Promoted Bombardier Gallipoli
26/12/1915- Disembarked Alexandria ex Gallipoli
27/02/1916- Transferred 4th Artillery Division Tel-el-Kebir Egypt
6/03/1916- Promoted Corporal Serapeum Egypt
22/03/1916- Posted to 112th Battery 24th Howitzer Brigade Egypt
3/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
13/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles
25/01/1917- Transferred to 12th Army Field Artillery Battery in the field France
29/07/1918- Detached to 2nd Army Lewis Gun School France
21/08/1918- Rejoined Battery in the field France ex Detachment to Training School
24/08/1918- To 4th Army Artillery School France
26/08/1918- Promoted Temporary Sergeant in the field France
15/10/1918- Rejoined Battery in the field France ex Detachment
9/12/1918- Embarked England aboard ” Leicestershire” for Return to Australia
16/03/1919- Discharged from Service ( Termination of Period of Enlistment ).

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/15 Star – No. 1147

British War Medal – No. 201

Victory Medal – No. 200

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION

Balingup War Memorial WA.