Thomas Robert Rae
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RAE, Thomas Robert
Service no: 2424 [1]
Place of birth: Orange, 18 January 1880
Address: Glenbrae, Provincial Road, Lindfield
Occupation: Mining engineer
Next of kin: Margaret Rae (mother), Glenbrae, Provincial Road, Lindfield
Date of enlistment: 30 August 1915
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Age at enlistment: 35
Fate: Embarked HMAT RMS Mooltan, Sydney, 11 December 1915. Taken on strength 14th Field Company Engineers, Tel-el-Kebir 18 March 1916. Embarked Kinfauns Castle, Alexandria, to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916. Disembarked, Marseilles, 29 June 1916. Proceeded to England on furlough, 16 April 1917. Rejoined unit from furlough, 1 May 1917. Killed in action Westhoek, Zonnebeke Road, Ypres, Belgium, 30 October 1917.
Date of death: 30 October 1917