Regimental number 4182
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Groom
Address 22 Belgrave Street, Manly, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 29
Next of kin Friend, Mrs E H Devos (mother; address unknown); H Davis, 35 East Esplanade, Manly,NSW
Enlistment date 3 September 1915, Warwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 1st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 54th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19-20 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 158, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Allotted to and proceeded to 54th Bn from 1st Training Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.
Fell out of line en route between Tel el Kebir and Ferry Post and transported to 5th Division Detail Camp, 27 March 1916; admitted to No 1 New Zealand Station Hospital, Ismailia, 28 March 1916 (heat stroke); discharged to duty, 31 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 911001, 4321 Pte T. THORPE, B Company, 54th Bn (patient, No 26 General Hospital, Etaples), 4 December 1916: 'They [DEVOS and 4166 G. CLAPPERTON] were killed at Fleurbaix on July 19th ... Both men were killed before they reached the German wire.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Groom
Address 22 Belgrave Street, Manly, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 29
Next of kin Friend, Mrs E H Devos (mother; address unknown); H Davis, 35 East Esplanade, Manly,NSW
Enlistment date 3 September 1915, Warwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 1st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 54th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19-20 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 158, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Allotted to and proceeded to 54th Bn from 1st Training Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.
Fell out of line en route between Tel el Kebir and Ferry Post and transported to 5th Division Detail Camp, 27 March 1916; admitted to No 1 New Zealand Station Hospital, Ismailia, 28 March 1916 (heat stroke); discharged to duty, 31 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 911001, 4321 Pte T. THORPE, B Company, 54th Bn (patient, No 26 General Hospital, Etaples), 4 December 1916: 'They [DEVOS and 4166 G. CLAPPERTON] were killed at Fleurbaix on July 19th ... Both men were killed before they reached the German wire.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 4182
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Groom
Address 22 Belgrave Street, Manly, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 29
Next of kin Friend, Mrs E H Devos (mother; address unknown); H Davis, 35 East Esplanade, Manly,NSW
Enlistment date 3 September 1915, Warwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 1st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 54th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19-20 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 158, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Allotted to and proceeded to 54th Bn from 1st Training Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.
Fell out of line en route between Tel el Kebir and Ferry Post and transported to 5th Division Detail Camp, 27 March 1916; admitted to No 1 New Zealand Station Hospital, Ismailia, 28 March 1916 (heat stroke); discharged to duty, 31 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 911001, 4321 Pte T. THORPE, B Company, 54th Bn (patient, No 26 General Hospital, Etaples), 4 December 1916: 'They [DEVOS and 4166 G. CLAPPERTON] were killed at Fleurbaix on July 19th ... Both men were killed before they reached the German wire.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Groom
Address 22 Belgrave Street, Manly, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 29
Next of kin Friend, Mrs E H Devos (mother; address unknown); H Davis, 35 East Esplanade, Manly,NSW
Enlistment date 3 September 1915, Warwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 1st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 54th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19-20 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 158, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Allotted to and proceeded to 54th Bn from 1st Training Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.
Fell out of line en route between Tel el Kebir and Ferry Post and transported to 5th Division Detail Camp, 27 March 1916; admitted to No 1 New Zealand Station Hospital, Ismailia, 28 March 1916 (heat stroke); discharged to duty, 31 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 911001, 4321 Pte T. THORPE, B Company, 54th Bn (patient, No 26 General Hospital, Etaples), 4 December 1916: 'They [DEVOS and 4166 G. CLAPPERTON] were killed at Fleurbaix on July 19th ... Both men were killed before they reached the German wire.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Gravesite Details
Private, 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action, 19th-20th July 1916. Age: 30. Son of Oscar Ferdinand De Vos and Esther Victoire Hermans De Vos of Bruges, Belgium.
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