Sapper Kevin Thomas

Service number NX10440
Birth Date 1921-01-26
Death Date 1942-11-09
Death Place Syria
Final Rank Sapper
Service Australian Army
Unit 1st Railway Construction Company RAE
Place Syria
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Sapper Kevin Thomas enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 16 May 1941. He served with 2/1 Australian Railway Construction Company, Royal Australian Engineers, in the Middle East. On 9 November 1942, Sapper Thomas died as a result of injuries sustained in an explosion of a water heating apparatus. He is buried at Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon.

Rolls

  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    1st Railway Construction Company RAE
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Sapper

Timeline

Date of birth 26 January 1921
Date of enlistment 16 May 1941
Date of death 09 November 1942