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Jasper Robson THOMPSON

Regimental number5849
Date of birth1877
Place of birthGateshead, England
SchoolEducated in England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressMount Pleasant, Balgownie, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Thompson, Mount Pleasant, Balgownie, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 March 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Tunnelling Company
FateKilled in Action 28 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialReninghelst New Military Cemetery, (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 19), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Isabella THOMPSON; husband of Elizabeth THOMPSON, Russell Street, Balgownie, New South Wales. Native of Gateshead, England
Other detailsArrived in Australia approx 1914

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