Ernest Thomas and brother

Service number: 7325T

Rank: Private

Unit: AMTS

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Ernest Thomas was born at Manly in 1895 and was an electrical engineer. He enlisted on 27 January 1917, giving as next of kin his father at Undercliffe Road, Freshwater.

He embarked on the Osterley on 10 February 1917 and served with the Australian Motor Transport Section. He was treated for VD in November 1917, and for colitis in 1918. He returned to Australia on the Orita.