Tompkins E Pte 54 8th Australian Imperial Force

TOMPKINS, EDWIN, Private, No. 54, 8th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of Henry James Tompkins, of 133, St. James’ Road, Northampton, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of William Griffin; b. Great Houghton, co. Northampton, 30 March, 1894; educ. Kingsthorpe and Council School, St. James’ End; was an employee in Wolverton Carriage Works, and joined the Oxford and Bucks Territorials in May, 1913; emigrated to Australia in July, 1913, and settled in Victoria as a Farm Hand; joined the Australian Imperial Force after the outbreak of the European War, 1 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, 19 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and died in King’s College Hospital, London, 16 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in Gallipoli the previous May; unm.

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Beauchamp S G J Sergt 16 Australian Machine Gun Corps
Taken on 18th Oct 1916
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Beauchamp Samuel George Jubilee Sergt 16 Australian Machine Gun Corps

Born Sydney, New South Wales. Son of George Richard Mitchell Beauchamp and Anna Margrett Beauchamp, of Westward Ho, Boulin, Queensland.

Died Of Wounds (Mustard Gas)  15th Oct 1917

Buried at Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium.

Timbrell G Sergt 225 3rd Australian Light Horse

TIMBRELL, GORDON, Sergt., No. 225, 3rd Light Horse, Australian Expeditionary Force, 2nd s. of the late Samuel Timbrell, for many years Manager of the Central Station Hotel, Glasgow, by his wife, Charlotte Whyte (now wife of Anderson Rodger, of 59, Longridge Road, Earl’s Court, S. W.), dau. of George Gordon, of Aberdeen; b. Glasgow, 13 April, 1891; educ. Glasgow High School, and on leaving there in 1906 went to Stubbington House, Fareham, to be prepared for entrance in the Royal Navy as an Engineer Cadet. This idea had to be abandoned owing to the new age limit (12 years) coming into force, bringing Engineers under the same regulations as the Executive Cadets. Shortly afterwards he entered the office of a shipping firm in Stettin, with the purpose of learning the German language in combination with business training, and on leaving there, returned to Glasgow where he served a brief apprenticeship in a stockbroker’s office, and then went to Australia in 1910. He first took up sheep farming, but city life lured him, first to Melbourne, where he gained some experience in the wool trade, and then to Adelaide, where he managed the shipping department of Messrs. Bagot, Shakes & Lewis, Ltd. He had been with them three years when war broke out. He immediately volunteered and joined the Light Horse as a private, but being a fluent speaker of French and German, and a hard and fearless worker, he quickly won promotion and was appointed Sergt. early in March. He was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 1 July, 1915; unm.

In a letter from Sergt. Smith under date of 26 June, printed in the Glasgow High School Magazine, Dec. 1915, p. 37, is the following passage: “My outlook on the world and things in general just now is even brighter than usual. Timmy (Sergt Gordon Timbrell) is a wonderful boy and yesterday secured all manner of good things. We dined last night on turtle soup, thick mutton stew, pineapple, cakes, dates and coffee, and wound up with cigarettes. This morning for breakfast we had porridge and milk as a preliminary to what was in itself a splendid feed.’ When Timmy is purveyor we are sure to be all right. The hardships of war! They have not existed so far.” And in a later letter he wrote: “You will no doubt have heard of poor Timmy’s death. He was killed in the trench last Thursday evening. You don’t know how I miss him. We have been the best of pals all the time. He was as game as you make ’em.” The secretary of his firm wrote: “He was a courageous and chivalrous young fellow, and had done uncommonly well in our firm. We were only awaiting his return, and the return of something like normal conditions to give him that lift which he had so well earned.”

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Thomson A C Sergt 1380 13th Australian Imperial Force

THOMSON, ALEXANDER CAMERON, Sergt., No. 1380, D Coy., 13th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 6th s. of James Thomson, of 57, St. Andrew Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Alexander Cameron, of Rothes; b. Glasgow, 30 March, 1892; educ. Kinning Park Public School; was two years in the 7th S. R. Glasgow before going to Australia, 25 Nov. 1912; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Sydney, N.S.W., 26 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt about 24 Dec.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and after being promoted Corpl. and Sergt. was killed in action there, 3 May, 1915; unm. His Officer Commanding, Lieut. C. B. Hopkins, wrote: “Your son was killed on the night of 3 May, doing his duty in a most gallant manner, in a charge against some Turkish trenches.”

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Theobald W G M Pte 792 14th Australian Imperial Force

THEOBALD, WILLIAM GEORGE MORLEY, Private, No. 792, No. 2 Coy. 14th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of George Theobald, of Littleport, Cambs, Superintendent of Fen Drainage, Littleport, and Downham District, by his wife, Hannah Jackson, dau. of James Hardwick, of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia; b. Little Downham, Isle of Ely, 12 Nov. 1894; educ. March (Cambs.) Grammar School; joined the Cambridgeshire Territorials in 1913; went to Australia, 18 April, 1914, and when war broke out volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force at the end of Oct., 1914; left Melbourne for Egypt with the 2nd Reinforcements, 23 Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at 10 the same morning while out sniping with four others. He was unm. A comrade wrote: ” He was not out long before he was shot, but he did some good work before he was hit.” Another comrade wrote: “Every one of us was grieved when poor Tommy was killed, for all were agreed that Tommy was a gentleman.”

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Tetley A N L/Cpl 304 8th Australian Light Horse

TETLEY, ARTHUR NORMAN, L.-Corpl., No. 304, B Squadron, 8th Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, 3rd s. of William Tetley, of Berwick, Gippsland, Victoria, Squatter, by his wife, Kate, dau. of Arthur Noyes; b. in Victoria, 19 Feb. 1889; educ. C. E. Grammar School, Melbourne; volunteered on the outbreak of war, being the first to do so in his district; left for Egypt with the main force; went to the Dardanelles 15 May; was wounded in action at Walker’s Ridge, Gallipoli, 7 Aug., and died at sea on board the hospital ship Delta, 8 Aug. 1915; unm.

Sergt. C. H. Lyon wrote: “I saw a good deal of him over at Gallipoli, and he did splendidly from beginning to end. I know men in his troop thought a lot of him, and it was only owing to lack of vacancies that he didn’t get rapid promotion. On June 23 Norman got shaken up pretty badly. The Turks were shelling us pretty heavily with French 75’s and high explosives. Where Norman was stationed they got it very badly; he wasn’t actually hit, but the shells bursting near him peppered his face with gravel. He got over it, however, without going away, but when the attack came on 7 Aug. he was very run down. From that I heard the doctor had advised him not to go out, but like many others he was keen on being with his troop and couldn’t stand the idea of being left behind. For three days we were expecting the attack, and on the evening of 6 Aug. we were taken out into the left hand sap on Walker’s Ridge. All night we sat there not knowing what moment we would be called on, and towards daylight the men-of-war and cruisers bombarded the Turkish trenches right in front of us. The 8th were divided into the 1st and 2nd lines of attack. A squadron and two troops out of B formed the 1st line (including Norman), and C Squadron with the other half of B formed into 2nd line. The 10th Regt. formed the 3rd and 4th. The Turkish trenches were about 25 yards from us, and the whole front not more than 150 yards long. At 4.30 a.m. the bombarding stopped and the attack commenced. Owing to a misunderstanding, my troop was late in moving up, and just as we got into the front sap, our officer was shot through the hand and retired. I was left in charge, and being unable to jam past the men, jumped up and ran round to the front of the sap, calling on them to follow, but just as we got out, the 1st line fell back, nearly all wounded, with orders to retire. As we dropped back into the sap, I saw Norman lying just out in front, and with the assistance of others, got him in and laid him on the bottom of the trench. His leg was in a fearful state, a machine-gun had got on to him, but he stood it wonderfully and a 10th man applied first aid. The stretcher bearers were fearfully busy, and we were in an out of the way place and he had to lie there over two hours before it was possible to get him away. The loss of blood must have been very great. Of 318 of our men that went out that morning, 154 were killed, and 80 odd wounded. The Turks had 34 machine-guns playing on the narrow strip between the trenches, and only one of our men, a sergt. in A Squadron, ever reached their trenches. All but two of our officers that went out were killed, including Col. White, Major Retford, and our Adjutant.”

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Tatler R Pte 1289 1st Australian Imperial Force

TATLER, ROBERT, Private, No. 1289, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of the late Robert Tatler, by his wife, Amelia (14, Longville Road, Newington Butts); b. Walworth, 30 Oct. 1891; joined the Australian Contingent on the outbreak of war; died at Netley Hospital, Southampton, 25 June, 1915;

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SUMMERSCALES, PERCY, Private, No. 1465, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of John Summerscales, of Asset Common, Yorkshire; b. Thornhill, co. York, 10 June, 1881; educ. there; went to Australia; volunteered on the outbreak of war; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action during the fighting at Lone Pine, 9 Aug. 1915; unm.

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SUMMERS, WILLIAM WIGAN, L./Corpl., No. 81, Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of George Summers, of Norton, Warwickshire, Clay Worker, by his wife, Mary Jane; b. Measham, co. Derby, 1 June, 1887; educ. York Road Schools, Church-Gresley, Derbyshire, and on leaving school went to Shirebrook, Derbyshire, and worked in the collieries, and was a Local Preacher; went to Australia in 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Ambulance Corps; left for Egypt with the main force; died 28 June, 1915, of wounds received during the landing at Suvla Bay; unm.

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STUMBLES, HORACE GEORGE, Corpl. No. 990, D Coy., 25th Battn. 7th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces, s. of Thomas George Stumbles, of 10, Godolphin Terrace, Devonport, Royal Naval Outfitter, by his wife, Kate Ellen, dau. of William Rockett; b. Stoke, Devonport, 17 July, 1892; educ. Devonport High School; went to Australia in June, 1911; enlisted 15 Feb. 1915, proceeded to the Dardanelles, where he was severely wounded in right leg, and died of dysentery and compound fracture of leg on board H.M.H.S. Aquitania, 20 Oct. 1915; buried Mudros East; unm.

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