French, Thomas Richard

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen French, Thomas Richard

Service Number Number 2644 1494 Service in Action 19th May 1915 Died of Killed Wounds 16th September 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station

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NAME

French, Thomas Richard

SERVICE NO

2644

UNIT

30th Battalion- D Coy

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

23 yrs 1 mth

PLACE OF BIRTH

Glebe, NSW

ADDRESS

Providence Rd. Ryde, NSW

OCCUPATION

Driver/Carter

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

15 Jan 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Mother;- Sarah French, 7 Eastern St. Rozelle.

Father;- T French Brady’s Gully, Gosford

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION RELIGION

Height-5’5½”. Weight-141lbs. Chest-36-38”.

Complexion-Medium. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown Wavy.

Several moles on trunk.

C/E

EMBARKED

Sydney 9 Apr 1916 per “Nester”.

DISEMBARKED NOTES

AWOL 2400hrs 10 Jul to 2320 11 Jul 1916 (Lark Hill, Eng) Crime- Drunkenness 2 Aug 1917

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

1 Dec 1916 – Hosp France- trench foot. Rejoined unit 11 Jun 1917 15 Sept 1917 – SW Compound Fracture Skull/ R/shoulder

DIED

16 Sept 1917-2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station.

BURIED

Lijssenthock Mil Cem. Plot 19 Row D No 2.

MEDALS

British War Medal-36806, Victory Medal-36517. Memorial Plaque & Scroll330638.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

Metal Ring, Purse, Cloth Wallet, Cards, Letters, Photos, Badges, Bullet, Coin, Tobacco Pouch, Metal Mirror./

Gosford Times 18th October 1917 Private Thomas Richard French, of Gosford, is reported to have died of wounds on 16 th September. Corporal Alfred James Hammond, of Penang Mountain, was killed in action on 20 th September. Both fatalities are officially recorded in this week’s casualty list.

Gosford Times 8th November 1917 RETURN THANKS MRS. W. BRADBURY, Mann Street, Gosford, desires to return her sincere thanks to all friends for their kindness, also for letters, cards, and messages of condolence. I also wish to thanks the members of Red Cross Branch for their sympathy in the recent loss of my beloved soldier brother, Thomas Richard French.

Gosford Times 19th September 1918 ROLL OF HONOR FRENCH;- In loving memory of Private Thomas R., died of wounds in France, 16th September, 1917.

Aged 23 years Dearly loved son of Mr. and Mrs. T French, Roselle.

Your true face I picture, As now I pen these lines, In bygone happy times, When my heart does long for you I seem to hear you say, Keep a brave heart, mother, dear, We’ll meet again some day Inserted by his loving parents, and brother, Will FRENCH;-In loving memory of my dear brother, Private Thomas Richard, who died of wounds in France. 16th September, 1917. Aged 23 years We mourn your loss dear brother, But your action is sweet balm, For he is ever a hero, the man who dies For his Country, God, Friends and King.

Inserted by his loving sister and brother-in-law, Alice and Will Bradbury FRENCH;-In loving memory of my dear brother, Private Thomas Richard, who died of wounds in France. 16th September, 1917. Aged 23 years Far away in France he is lying, Far away from the land of his birth; He gave his life for his CountryMan’s noblest deed on earth.

Inserted by his loving brother and sister-in-law, Percy and Lil French Gosford Times 11th September 1919 ROLL OF HONOR FRENCH;- In loving memory of our dear brother, Thomas Richard (“Tony”) 30th Battalion, who died of wounds, Polygon Wood, France, 16th September, 1917.

He sleeps beside his comrades, In a hallowed grave we know; But his name is written in letters of love, In the hearts he left at home.

Inserted by his brother Percy, and sister and brother-in-law, Alice and Will Bradbury.

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