Thomas William Joseph JEFFERSON

Birthplace
England
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Tailor
Enlisted
14-September-1914
Place
Enoggera
Age
35
Status
Married
Service No
1002
Rank
Private
Unit
9th Battalion, D Company
Embarked
24-September-1914
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Egypt, Gallipoli
Highest rank
Corporal
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Died of wounds
Date
22-July-1915
Place
2nd Australian General Hospital, Gazireh, Egypt
Cemetery or Memorial
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.

 

Thomas Jefferson landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and was wounded in action on 9 July. He was transferred to the 2nd Australian General Hospital at Cairo where he died of his wounds two weeks later.

25 soldiers named on the Roll of Honour died during the Gallipoli campaign.