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Walter Leonard THOMPSON

Regimental number515
Place of birthMelbourne Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWire weaver
AddressLaunceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Leonard Bradbury Thompson, 6 Cumberland Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date4 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name40th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialBologne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row C, Grave No. 177), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Leonard Bradbury and Ellen Rosa THOMPSON, Launceston, Tasmania. Native of Melbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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