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Gordon Kingsley THOMPSON

ReligionChurch of England
Address44 Hampton Road, Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMrs Daisy M R Thompson, 44 Hampton Road, Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date21 January 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name1st Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd and 3rd Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A1 Hymettus on 8 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Division Artillery
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial"Y" Farm Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 29), Bois-Grenier, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Promoted Lieutenant, 14 August 1915.

Attached to 8th Battery, 3rd Artillery Brigade, 11 September 1915.

Attached to 8th Battery, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 13 October 1915.

Transferred to Divisional Headquarters, 28 October 1915, and taken on strength of Army Corps Headquarters as O.C. to Brigadier-General, Royal Artillery.

Returned to duty with 3rd Battery, 6 December 1915.

Transferred to 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 9 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 3 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Tel el Kebir, 27 February 1916.

Taken on strength, 24th Field Artillery Brigade, 8 March 1916.

Promoted Temporary Captain, 23 March 1916.

Transferred to 10th Field Artillery Brigade, 30 March 1916, and posted to 39th Battery.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British expeditionary Force, 5 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 13 June 1916.

Transferred to 24th Field Artillery Brigade, 8 July 1916, and posted to 48th Battery.

Killed in action, 19 July 1916.

Buried in Eaton Hall Cemetery by Rev. J.J. Kennedy, attached to 14th Infantry Brigade.

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