CARDIGAN - WALES
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Private John MORRIS 2193
Born: St Dogmaels, South Wales Enlisted: 9-5-1916, Newcastle, New South Wales Departed Australia 24-8-1916 36th Battalion Australian Infantry Died of Wounds 11-7-1917, Belgium Son of John and Ann Morris, of Forest House, St. Dogmaels, Cardigan, Wales. Honoured: Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 127 |
Qld. Pictorial 27-3-1916
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Private Tommy THOMAS 1003
Born: Llanfyrnach, Cardigan, Wales Enlisted: 9-3-1915, Queensland 25th Battalion Australian Infantry Died of Wounds 15-9-1916, 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen, France aged 28years Son of Thomas and Mary Thomas, of 1, Bridge St., Port Talbot Resting: St Sever Cemetery, Haute-Normandie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 106 Also Honoured Tegryn War Memorial |
Tegryn is a small village, situated about nine miles SSE of Cardigan, near Crymych, on the upper slopes of Frenni Fawr, the third highest peak in the Preseli Mountains.
West Wales War Memorial Project - Tommy was born at Llanfyrnach in 1889, the son of Thomas and Mary Thomas. Thomas and Mary later moved to 1, Bridge Street, Port Talbot, while Tommy went to live at North Gate Terrace, Cardigan, where he worked as a carpenter. Tommy emigrated to Australia prior to the war, and enlisted at Queensland on 17 June 1915 into the 25th Battalion, Australian Infantry. The 25th Battalion was raised at Enoggera in Queensland in March 1915 as part of the 7th Brigade, leaving Australia in early July 1915. It trained in Egypt during August, and in September 1915 landed at Gallipoli, where it reinforced the depleted New Zealand and Australian Division. The 25th Battalion left the peninsular on 18 December 1915. After further training in Egypt, the 25th Battalion proceeded to France, landing on 19 March 1916, where it became attached to the 2nd Division. It took part in its first major battle at Pozières between 25 July and 7 August in the course of which it suffered 785 casualties. Tommy was wounded on 31 August, suffering multiple gunshot wounds, and was evacuated to the 1st Australian General Hospital at Rouen. He died of his wounds on 15 September 1916, aged 28, and is buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.