Corporal William Henry Tombs

Service number 2412
Ranks Held Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Corporal, Private
Final Rank Corporal
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 34th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-06

Collection items

    Document


    Record of service : members of the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sydney Mail who served in the Great War

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    34th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Company Quartermaster Sergeant
    London Gazette
    03 June 1919 on page 6918 at position 65
    Commonwealth Gazette
    06 October 1919 on page 1460 at position 45

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    34th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Company Quartermaster Sergeant

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Private

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    34th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Corporal

Timeline

Date of enlistment 09 March 1916
Date of embarkation 17 October 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 07 February 1919
Date returned to Australia 12 June 1919

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