Thomas Joseph MCGAGHAN

Thomas Joseph Mcgaghan Photo:
State Library of Queensland
Birthplace
Cabarlah
Resided
Milmerran
Occupation
Labourer
Enlisted
06-December-1915
Place
Toowoomba
Age
22
Status
Single
Service No
632
Rank
Private
Unit
42nd Battalion, C Company
Embarked
05-June-1916
Place
Sydney
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Died of wounds
Date
31-July-1917
Place
Messines, Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial
Trois-Abres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.

Brother of 3801 Private John Joseph McGaghan and 21379 Gunner Francis John McGaghan.

 

Thomas McGaghan arrived in France in November 1916. In July 1917 at Messines in Belgium he was wounded in action in his abdomen and left arm. He was evacuated ti the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his wounds five days later. He was 23.