Thomas Hyde

Name   Thomas Hyde

Number    Lance Corporal 692

Battalion      31^st Battalion  

Place of Birth      Colac

Next of Kin   Mr. T Hyde of Leongatha

Date and place of enlistment  Melbourne 1/7/1915

Physical details on enlistment Age 21 years 6 months 5’9”, 10 stone 7 pounds, brown eyes black hair.

Religion   Presbyterian

Occupation   Farmer

Date and place of death

He was killed in action on 2/11/1917 at Passchendaele

Location of grave or memorial

He was buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery

Relationship to Woorayl Shire

He was from the Koorooman East area 

Military History

• He attended Koorooman East State School
• He is on the Koorooman East Honour Roll
• 1/7/17 He enlisted in Melbourne
• 9/11/15 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Wandilla
• 7/12/15 He arrived at Suez
• 19/6/16 He embarked Alexandria
• 25/6/16 He disembarked Marseilles
• 10/8/16 He was wounded in action. He had a gun shot wound to the left arm and shoulder and was admitted to hospital
• 13/8/16 He was taken to Boulogne
• 15/8/16 He went to England to Whrancliff War Hospital Middlesex Rd Sheffield
• 23/12/16 He returned to his unit the 31^st Battalion
• 12/10/17 He became a Lance Corporal
• 2/11/17 He was killed in action
• He was buried at Tynecot near Passchendale
• His mother Ellen was denied a pension as she was not a dependent
• 27/3/1922 A letter related to the words to go on his headstone was sent to his family.
• His father received his medals, plaque and scroll