Son of Henry John Bodsworth and Maria Ann Adlington.

WWII Private, Service Number V211522. He enlisted at Brighton, Victoria, giving Dorothy Johnson as his next of kin.

Before Thomas Bodsworth enlisted, and as a young man in the Sandringham/Beaumaris area, he was mentioned in The Argus Newspaper on Monday, 18 July 1938: "Bogged After Smash After a car had struck a horse-drawn dray, injuring two men, on Saturday evening, it swept through a boxthorn hedge at the corner of Bluff road and Highett street, Sandringham, and ran into a cabbage garden, where it became bogged. At the Alfred Hospital, Mr. Charles Strange, aged 29 years, of Bluff road, Hampton, and Mr. Thomas Bosworth [sic], aged 34 years, of Bluff road, Hampton, were treated for abrasions. They were carting milk in the dray." Bodsworth never left the area as he was living in Black Rock when he enlisted on 4 April 1942 at Brighton, Victoria. He lists his next of kin as Dorothy Johnson. His last post was Tatura Internment Group (No 3 Internment Camp). Tatura Internment Group was the first purpose-built internment camp for World War II. It consisted of four camps – two at Tatura and two at Rushworth. Camps No. 1 and No. 2 at Tatura were located less than a kilometre from each other. Camps No. 3 and No. 4 were located at Rushworth, a couple of kilometres from Tatura, and are sometimes known as Rushworth No. 3 and No. 4 camps. Camp No. 3, where Bodsworth was serving was used exclusively for family groups, both Italians and Germans from Iran, Australia, Palestine and the Straits Settlements (now Singapore and Malaysia). There were also some Jewish families as well as single women accommodated there. The internees had workshops for carpentry and handicrafts as well as vegetable gardens. The children attended the camp school taught by German teachers. Camp No. 3 was made up of four sections, each enclosed in a barbed wire fence. The internees lived in huts which were very hot in summer. The facilities for washing were adequate, however, and hot water was available in all three washrooms. Private Bodsworth died of an undisclosed illness on 27 May 1945 in Melbourne. Thomas Bodsworth's name is located at panel 77 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. Source: AWM147 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, 2nd AIF (Australian Imperial Force) and CMF (Citizen Military Force)
"The Argus" Tuesday 29 May 1945 BODSWORTH.-The Funeral of the late Pte. THOMAS BODSWORTH will leave the chapel of B. Matthews Pty. Ltd., 102 Toorak road. South Yarra, THIS DAY (Tuesday), at 1.30 for the Springvale Cemetery. B. MATTHEWS PTY. LTD. Windsor 66.