Tom Denham's Story

Thomas Francis Denham, was born in Meredith, Victoria in 1895 and enlisted in the AIF at 19 years old in 1915. Tom left Australia on 23 November 1915 on board the Ceramic with the 13th Light Horse Regiment.
After training in Egypt he was transferred to the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column and embarked to France to serve on the Western Front. During his service he kept correspondence with his older sister, Mary, who lived in Geelong. On 20 October 1917, Tom was killed in action by a shell explosion while driving ammunition mules to the front lines between Ypres and Passchendaele, Belgium. Mary kept the letters preserved in a notebook together with newspaper obituary clippings and photos that were a heartbreaking testament to her little brother.