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Richard THOMPSON

Regimental number2432
Place of birthDurham, England
ReligionProtestant
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs Melinda Thompson, No 8 Albert Hill, Bishop Auckland, Durham, England
Enlistment date21 June 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Company Engineers
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Second Supplement No. 30107 (1 June 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917).

FateKilled in Action 3 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialQueant Road Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 22), Buissy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Melinda THOMPSON, 8 Albert Hill, Bishop Auckland, England
Other details

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

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