Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Dray T   Pte  1343    Thomas William         14 Inf Bn    24    Motor mechanic    Single    C of E      

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Mt Alexander Rd, 480  (1914 Electoral Roll)   

Next of Kin:    Feist, Kate, Mrs, mother, 44 Wakefield St, Gravesend, Kent    

Enlisted:    28 Oct 1914        

Embarked:     A46 Clan MacGillivray 2 Feb 1915    

Date of Death:  08/08/1915

LONE PINE MEMORIAL

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall A-F

Member of AOF Essendon

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Missing

In Memoriam

DRAY.-In loving memory of our sincere friend,
Tom Dray, of the 14th Battalion, who was killed
in action at Lone Pine, on or about 7th August,
1915; previously reported missing; native of
Gravesend.
He did his duty like a man. 
It was for the cause of Empire he nobly
answered the call.
Always in our thoughts- dear Tom.
-(Inserted by his loving friends, Mrs. Lane and  
family*.)

Family Notices. (1916, August 19). The Argus, p. 13.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1606482

*  In the Electoral Roll in 1914, Tom Dray was residing at

480 Mt Alexander Road Moonee Ponds, the same address

from which from which  Lane-J-H-Pte-4453 also

enlisted on  8 January 1916