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Victor Albert THOMPSON

Regimental number1644
Place of birthPerth Western Australia
ReligionProtestant
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs G H Fenner, Busselton, Western Australia
Enlistment date19 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on 22 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot I, Row Q, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
154
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth J. THOMPSON, Busselton, Western Australia. Native of Perth, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6483 Pte Charles Edward THOMPSON, 4th Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 4 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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