Regimental Number: 778279
Rank: Sapper
Branch: Canadian Railway Troops
Thomas was born in Lancashire, England on November 19, 1884. In 1911 he filed on a homestead at SW 31-73-7-W6. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in January of 1916. On his journey back home after the war, Thomas was married in Ontario. He and his wife returned to the South Peace in 1921.
Sources: Buffalo Trails p. 45, 261; Wagon Trails Grown Over p. 1148