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Arthur Herbert THOMPSON

Regimental number2794
Place of birthCooma New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressShirley PO, Shirley via Beaufort, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs A H Thompson, Shirley PO, Shirley via Beaufort, Victoria
Enlistment date28 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 21 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row T, Grave No. 36), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mary Elizabeth THOMPSON; husband of Mary E. THOMPSON, Shirley, Victoria. Native of Bibbenluke, New South Wales

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