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Henry Herbert THOMSON

Regimental number10300
Place of birthTumbarumba New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressParade Street, Tumbarumba, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMr J Thomson, Parade Street, Tumbarumba, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 2, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/90/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 17 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Division Ammunition Column
FateDied of wounds 29 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row B, Grave No. 8A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
21
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth Wright THOMSON, Tumbarumba, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 10298 Driver James Lennox Booth THOMSON, 2nd Division Ammunition Column, returned to Australia, 16 March 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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