Regimental number | 397 |
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria |
School | Kangaroo Flat State School, Victoria |
Other training | Farming |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Bendigo, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Next of kin | Sister, Mrs Maud Savige, State School, Mt Evelyn, Melbourne, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Mining Corps 1, Company 1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 28 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) (Plot VII, Row J, Grave No. 9), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 27 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Mary Ann THOMPSON; native of Bendigo, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |