Thomas William Caddy (SN 3676) born at Wellington New Zealand, was a married 41 year old drainer when he enlisted in Melbourne on March 24th 1917. He embarked aboard the Themistocles on August 4th and sailed to England. In January 1918 he was posted to the 10th Field Artillery Brigade in France to serve out the final year of the war. In August he suffered a shrapnel wound to his shoulder but was able to rejoin his unit five weeks later. In October he was evacuated to hospital in England suffering from lumbago so was not at the battle front when the war ended. He returned to Australia aboard the Orontes, disembarked at Melbourne on January 30th 1919 and was discharged on June 19th.