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Colin Leslie THOMSON

Regimental number2160
Place of birthWollongong New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressMount Ousley, Wollongong, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Maud M Thomson, Mount Ousley, Wollongong, New South Wales
Enlistment date13 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name35th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/52/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll35th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialCrucifix Corner Cemetery (Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 24), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated Wollongong General Cemetery, New South Wales. Parents: James Bremner and Maude Mary THOMSON, Mount Ousley, Wollongong, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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