Military History

Embarked HMAT ‘Borda’ A30 for England 29.6.1917.
Roll Rank Private
Roll Unit 25th Reinf. 16th Infantry Bn. AIF
Fry disembarked at Plymouth with the 16th Bn. 25.8.1917. He marched in to the 4th Training Bn. at Codford 26.8.1917. After a 4 month period of training, he proceeded overseas to France to reinforce the 44th Bn. 4.12.1917. Fry was taken on strength in field with the 44th Bn 10.12.1917. The 44th Bn. fought at Messines in Belgium, Broodseinde Ridge and Ypres in, 1917. In March and April 1918, they fought against the German Spring Offensive in France, by heading off an attack on the railway at Amiens (AWM 44th Bn).
Fry was KIA at Sailly- le- Sec, France 30.3.1918. He was buried where he fell, about 1,500 yards South of Heilly. His body was not recovered. Fry is commemorated at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial MR 26, Part II, C-F., Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
Final Rank Private, 44th Bn.
Medical Condition Dec’d , KIA.
Notes His mother cared for his children during his service and after his death.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Photo Fry in  'Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire 1914-18.'  Reproduced with permission of Hesperian Pres.s 2014. p78.
           HMAT 'Borda'. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph source AWM PB0277
           Messines, showing winter trenches 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E0128
           Broodseinde Ridge. Australian Troops in Front Line Trenches October 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E00948
           Fry, T.L. Swan Express 19..4.1018 p 5

Information Source
AWM PB0277. HMAT 'Borda'. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E0128. Messines, showing winter trenches 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E00948. Broodseinde Ridge. Australian Troops in Front Line Trenches October 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial

Fry, T.L. Swan Express 19..4.1018 p 5
Guildford Primary School Honour Roll
Guildford War Memorial WM
NAA: B2455, Fry T L
AWM Embarkation Rolls- Thomas Leonard Fry
AWM Roll of Honour-Thomas Leonard Fry
AWM Red Cross File- Thomas Leonard Fry
AWM 44th Bn.
Palmer and Ashworth. Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire 1914-1918.'  (1922). 'Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire 1914-1918.'  (1922). Facsimile Edition published by Hesperian Press ,Victoria Park. WA. WA. 2014.
St Matthew’s Honour Roll
St Matthew’s Honour Roll –Fallen
Wise, H. and Co. Western Australian Post Office Directories. SLWA

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