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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia > Records

World War 1, Europe, THOMAS, 32 Battalion, 1916

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"Treasured" - World War 1 Photo Portraits - Identified

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Studio portrait of 4135 Private Charles Robert Thomas, 32 Battalion 10th Reinforcements

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Thomas enlisted on 16 May 1916 and embarked on HMAT Port Melbourne for Port Said on 28 October 1916. He returned to Australia on 23 July 1919.
He have his address as Naretha, Trans Line via Kalgoorlie.

Naretha is located just off the Trans Access Road in southeast Western Australia a distance of about 860km east from Perth. Naretha is one of the easternmost localities in Western Australia. The nearest ocean is the Southern Ocean about 180km south-southeast of Naretha. The nearest more populous place is the town of Kambalda West which is 310km away.

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