Topic: AIF - 1B - 2 LHR
2nd LHR, AIF
2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Thomas Stevenson Dinsdale
Thomas Stevenson Dinsdale's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Thomas Stevenson Dinsdale
Service number: 1304
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 1 November 1917
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: PALESTINE 1 Beersheba War Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: DINSDALE, Tpr. Thomas Stevenson, 1304. 2nd Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 1st Nov., 1917. Age 25. Son of John Emerson Dinsdale and Joan Dinsdale, of The Promenade, Sans Souci, New South Wales. Native of Charters Towers, Queensland. Q. 76.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Thomas Stevenson Dinsdale from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 1304 |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Address | Leyton, via Bowen, Queensland |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 22 |
| Next of kin | Father, John Dinsdale, Leyton, Via Bowen, Queensland |
| Enlistment date | 22 March 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/7/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 5 October 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Trooper |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Died of wounds 1 November 1917 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
| Place of burial | Beersheba War Cemetery (Row Q, Grave No. 76), Palestine. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 3 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John Emerson and Joan DINSDALE, The Promenade, Sans Souci, New South Wales. Native of Charters Towers, Queensland |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917
Citation: 2nd LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Thomas Stevenson Dinsdale
