Thomas
Henry
Burrell
Born in Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Son of Thomas Burrell
and Joice Smith (White) Burrell
Brother of
Charles Augustus Burrell
Husband of
Eliza Heather (Mackay) Burrell
— married
1898 in Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
Father of
Joice Heather (Burrell) Job, Donella M Burrell, Henry Mackay Burrell KBE CB and Leila Helen (Burrell) Byrnes
Died
at about age 85
in Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia
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Biography
Thomas Burrell was born in Dorset, England.
Thomas Henry Burrell was born in 1860 in Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. He was the son of Thomas Burrell and Joice Smith White. [1]
He became a school teacher.
Thomas Burrell migrated from England to New South Wales.
He migrated to New South Wales (Australia).
Thomas married Eliza Mackay in 1898 in Cobar, western New South Wales. [2] The couple made their home in Wentworth Falls, in the Blue Mountains, having a family of four daughters and a son. Their son was later Vice Admiral Sir Henry Burrell, Chief of Naval Staff, Royal Australian Navy.
Thomas Burrell is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Australian Imperial Force 1915-1916
1st Light Horse Regiment
Served in the Australian Imperial Force 1915-1916
1st Light Horse Regiment
Thomas Burrell is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Despite being 55 years of age, on 21st March 1915 Thomas enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, his adopted country's all-volunteer expeditionary force for the (First World) War. [3] On 4th October at Sydney he embarked for Egypt with reinforcements for the 1st Light Horse Regiment aboard HMAT Mashobra A47. [4] He was put to work in Egypt as the AIF was in the process of evacuating the Gallipoli Peninsula. The AIF was re-organised during the first quarter of 1916, doubling in size. The Light Horse were put to duty defending the Suez Canal from the Turks. Clearly, Thomas' age was a factor in sending him home in September 1916, whereupon he was subsequently demobilised. [3]
Aged 85 years, he passed away in 1945 in Wentworth Falls. [5] He was survived by Eliza, who passed eleven years later in Inverell, in northern New South Wales.
Sources
- ↑ UK FreeBMD Birth Index Mar qtr 1860, vol 5a, page 362
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #7627/1898
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Australian War Memorial nominal roll: 1424 Private Thomas Henry Burrell; accessed 1 Apr 2024
- ↑ Australian War Memorial embarkation roll: 1424 Private Thomas Henry Burrell; accessed 1 Apr 2024
- ↑ New South Wales Death Index #9651/1945; registered at Katoomba
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