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Thomas Gordon Blamey (1917 - 1988)

Thomas Gordon Blamey
Born in Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1940 in Ryde, New South Wales, Australiamap
[children unknown]
Died at age 70 in Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Thomas Blamey was born in New South Wales, Australia
Thomas Blamey is a Military Veteran.
Served in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force 1940-1945
Infantry Reinforcements AIF
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Thomas Blamey was born in Australia

Thomas Gordon Blamey was born on October 24, 1917 in Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia, son of Richard Henwood Blamey (1875–1933) and Annie Jane Woodlands (1881–1954).[1]

Thomas (22) married Jean May Summerhayes (20) (born in March, 1919 in Ryde, New South Wales; daughter of Claude Walter Trescott Summerhayes and Susan (Norris) Summerhayes) in 1940 in Ryde, New South Wales.[2]

Like his rather more famous namesake uncle, Field Marshall Sir Thomas Blamey, Thomas served in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War, his final posting being with Infantry Reinfocements AIF; enlisted 4th Jul 1940, discharged 3rd September 1945.[3]

Thomas died on July 9, 1988 in Ulladulla, New South Wales, aged 70.

BLAMEY, Thomas Gordon - July 9, 1988 (suddenly), at Ulladulla, late of Rundle Street, Ulladulla and formerly of West Ryde, beloved husband of the late Jean Blamey, loved father of Christine and Suzette, father-in-law of Ian and Bill, loved pa of Cindy, Tegan, William, Sian, and Shaun. Aged 70 years.[4]

Sources

  1. New South Wales Birth Index #46454/1917
  2. New South Wales Marriage Index #26730/1940
  3. Australian War Memorial Nominal roll: NX52647 Lieutenant Thomas Gordon Blamey
  4. Family Notices. (1988, July 12). The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW), p. 33. Retrieved February 28, 2024.




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