Military History

To Battalion HQ Started as 2nd Lt in 28th Bn.
Embarked Fremantle per ‘Ascanius’ A36 for Egypt 29.6.1915 .
Roll Rank 2nd Lieut.
Roll Unit 4th Division. 28th Bn. ‘A’ Coy. AIF.
Graham disembarked in Egypt. He was appointed Lieut. of the 28th Bn. 27.8.1915 and fought at Gallipoli. Graham was seconded to the Imperial Camel Corps after the Gallipoli evacuation on 26.1.1916. He was then transferred to the Australian Camel Corps 30.1.1916. Graham joined the BEF and his secondment to the Camel Corps was terminated. He was transferred to the Pioneer Reinf. 25.10.1916 and proceeded overseas to France 17.12.1916. Graham marched in to the 4th Army Division Base Details at Etaples 7.12.1916. He was taken on strength with the 4th Pioneers 22.12.1916 and seconded for duty with the 7th ANZAC Light Railways 24.12.1916. Graham then transferred to 1st Operating Section of the ANZAC Light Rail 24.12.916. He was transferred back to duty with 4th Pioneer Bn. 12.2.1917. Graham was promoted to the rank of Captain and seconded as Division Salvage Officer 24.2.1917. He was KIA when standing near his dugout at Ypres together with Major McCrae and another Officer. They were hit by an enemy aerial bomb (near the old gasworks) and Graham died of shrapnel wounds to the neck (AWM: Red Cross Files, Thomas Donald Graham)
He was buried at Huts Military Cemetery (3 miles SW of Ypres) Plot 9, Row B Dickebusch. Grave details Plot 9. Row B. Grave 3. Today the cemetery is known as The Huts Cemetery Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.
Final Rank Captain 4th Pioneers.
Medical Condition Dec’d, KIA
Awards and Medals. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes Graham’s kit was sent to his wife c/- ‘Bebo Moro’  Guildford. WA.
Graham was married to Constance nee Gull in 1915 at St Matthews Church. Guildford. WA.
Photos Cptn. Thomas Donald  Graham WW1. Sourced and reproduced courtesy Gull Collection
           Cptn. Thomas Donald  Graham WW1. Sourced and reproduced courtesy Gull Collection
           'Bebo Moro' 224 Swan St.Guildford, WA. Reproduced courtesy Gull Collection.
              Ypres. Australian Artillery on duckboards at Chateau Wood 1918. Photographer F. J. Hurley, photograph source AWM E08184
              Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch. Photograph source postcard on WW1 Cemeteries website

Information Source
AWM E08184. Ypres. Australian Artillery on duckboards at Chateau Wood 1918. Photographer F.J. Hurley, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Autralian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll- Thomas Donald Graham
AWM Roll of Honour – Thomas Donald Graham
AWM Red Cross Files- Thomas Donald Graham
'Bebo Moro' 224 Swan St.Guildford, WA. Reproduced courtesy Gull Collection.
Cptn. Thomas Donald  Graham WW1.  Photographs sourced and reproduced courtesy Gull Collection
Guildford War Memorial
Huts Military Cemetery Dickiebusch. Photograph source postcard from WW1 Cemeteries, http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/thehutscemetery.htm
NAA: B2455, Graham T D
St Matthew’s Church Honour Roll
St Matthew’s Church Fallen
Wise, H. and Co. Western Australian Post Office Directories. SLWA

‘Bebo Moro’, 224 Swan Street, Guildford ,WA.

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