William Thomas SLADE

1860 - 1926  (65 years)

• Name	William Thomas SLADE  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	5 Sep 1860	Sunderland, Durham, England   [1, 2, 3]
  	Some sources suggest that William Thomas was born in 1868 (including with him joining the Australian Imperial Force) but more suggest 1860 (his marriage dates to Amelia Noble and his second wife Sarah Ann Gray; his gravestone).
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Feb 1926	Keswick, South Australia, Australia   [2]
  Burial	Payneham South, City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, South Australia, Australia   [2]
  Person ID	I704	Slade-Caust
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	William SLADE,   b. 1832, Mortlake, Surrey, England d. 4 Sep 1902, Hackney, South Australia, Australia (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	(Sarah) Ellen NEEDLE,   b. 1843, Birmingham , Warwickshire, England d. 10 May 1881, Kooringa, South Australia, Australia (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	2 Jan 1860	Preston, Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F97	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Ann GRAY,   b. 12 Sep 1862, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia d. 13 Aug 1924, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	10 Jan 1895	Glanville, South Australia, Australia
  Children	1. James Henry Gray SLADE,   b. 13 May 1900, Norwood, South Australia, Australia d. 13 Apr 1976, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Amelia May DOBLE,   b. 22 Aug 1864, Bowden, Charles Sturt City, South Australia, Australia d. 6 Dec 1893 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	8 Mar 1881	Adelaide, South Australia   [4]
  Children	1. Ellen Amelia SLADE,   b. 11 Feb 1882, Brompton Park, South Australia, Australia d. 14 Jul 1945, Semaphore, South Australia, Australia (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Det. William James SLADE,   b. 6 Feb 1885, Brompton, Charles Sturt City, South Australia, Australia d. 20 Mar 1927, Rose Park, South Australia, Australia (Age 42 years)   3. Mary Violet SLADE,   b. 22 Aug 1887, Brompton, South Australia, Australia d. 28 May 1936, South Australia, Australia (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James Henry SLADE,   b. 11 Jan 1890, Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt City, South Australia, Australia d. 20 Dec 1896, Mount Barker, District Council of Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2025

  
  

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  Documents		1871 England Census
  		Australia Imperial Force Australia Imperial Force joined on 19 Oct 1917 at the age of 49 and a half years. DOB: 5 Sep 1868

  
  

  Headstones		Headstone for William Thomas Slade
  		Gravesite of William Thomas and Sarah Ann Slade nee Gray Payneham Cemetery

  
  

• Notes

  Served in World War 1 with the Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company. Enlisted 19 Oct 1917 Adelaide, South Australia. Service number 2215. Returned to Australia 31 Jul 1918, discharged medically unfit.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Ancestry.com, Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920. Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 [S10] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201295938/william-thomas-slade [S31] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N58R-RT1 [S4] Ancestry.com, Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950; Lehi, UT; Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950.