Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

566 Sapper  Thomas Charles Kelso taken on the

Western Front, circa 1917-1918. Australian War Memorial

Collection. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P03608.001

 

Kelso T C    Pte    566    Thomas Charles                Railway Unit    40    Fireman    Married    R C       

Address:        Albury

Next of Kin:    Kelso, Amy Ethel, Mrs, wife c/- T Larkin, Flemington St, Flemington   

Enlisted:    20 Dec 1916       

Embarked:     A70 Ballarat 19 Feb 1917   

Relatives on Active Service:

Larkin T V Pte 3814  brother in law

The transport HMAT Ballarat after being torpedoed by a German submarine off the

southern English coast on 25 Apr 1917. In the background a British destroyer is

standing by to take the troops.  http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/C01592 AWM Collection.

Kelso was injured on the Western Front which resulted in the loss of an eye. 

War Service Commemorated