Albert Edward Thomas (SN 4604) was born in Egerton, Victoria and was working as a labourer when he enlisted, with the consent of his mother, in Ballarat on July 2nd 1915 at the age of 20. He embarked from Melbourne with the 8th Battalion on board the Themistocles the following January, bound for Egypt. After a period of training, he was transferred to the 58th Battalion in April with which he was posted to France in June. Only a few weeks later he was wounded in action, suffering a gun shot wound to the head and "shock (mild)". Although it appears he was only hospitalised for ten days, he did not rejoin his unit until the beginning of 1917. Suffering from pyrexia of unknown origin and shell shock, he was evacuated to England in March and returned to Australia on board the Pakeha in August. He was discharged in Melbourne on November 29th 1917 as "Medically Unfit. Disability - Shell Shock".

One of a number of soldiers with multiple entries in the original register, he is also recognised at Tree 784.