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John Alexander THOMSON

Regimental number1115
Place of birthBrighton Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBank clerk
AddressMiddle Brighton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, 148 New Street, Middle Brighton, Victoria
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A9 Shropshire on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of disease 10 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialFlatiron Copse Cemetery (Plot II, Row I, Grave No. 2), Mametz, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
12
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Annie THOMSON, 148 New Street, Brighton, Victoria

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