Select Births and Christenings Appleby, Westmorland
Baptism November 5 1893 Tom Slack, parents Thomas and Francis Slack

In the 1901 census Brockham Cottages, Crakenthorpe, Westmorland
Head Thomas Slack, age 31, joiner carpenter, worker, born Appleby, Westmorland
Wife Francis Slack, age 32, born Appleby
Son Tom Slack, age 7, born Appleby
Son Herbert Slack, age 5, born appleby
Son Fred Slack, age 3, born Appleby
[Crakenthorpe is about 2 miles from Appleby]
[Frances’s birthplace does not match the previous census]

In the 1911 census Newbiggin and Temple Sowerby, Westmorland
Head John Wright, age 48, butcher and farmer, employer, born Temple Sowerby
.. his family
Servant Tom Slack, age 16, single, working on farm, worker, born Appleby

Australia WWI Service Records
Thomas Slack Regimental Number 510, B Company 25th Battalion [later 49th Battalion Regimental Number 49336]
Joined February 13 1915 Hughendon, Queensland
Born Appleby, Westmorland, England
Age 21 years 6 months, labourer
Next of kin T. Slack, Bainbridge Close near Appleby, Westmoreland, father
Not married
He was in Galipoli
He spent some time in an Alexandria Hospital with trenchfoot, discharged November 16 1915
Again in Alexandria, frost bite December 12 1915
Was in Heliopolis March 13 1916
Transferred to the 49th Battalion April 2 1916
was on furlough in England August 25 1916
Embarked to France September 10 1916
He suffered trench foot again and other problems
was back in England then back to France
waas wounded in action June 16 1918
Discharged August 10 1919, London, England

In the April to June 1934 marriage index Tom Slack and Dorothy A. Beck. East Ward, Westmorland, volume 10b, page 1501

National Probate Calendar
Tom Slack of 3 Beacon Edge Penrith Cumberland died 6 Jan 1961 Probate Carlisle 18 Apr 1961 to Dorothy Alice Slack widow. Effects 244 pounds