Andrew Nicol THOMSON

THOMSON, Andrew Nicol

    Service Number: 709
    Enlisted: 13 March 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Naracoorte, South Australia, 15 January 1893
    Home Town: Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 4 August 1916, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Union Bank of Australia WWI Roll of Honour, Naracoorte War Memorial, Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1, The South Australian National War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Yorketown Kadina Union Bank WW1 Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 709, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
    31 May 1915: Involvement Private, 709, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    31 May 1915: Embarked Private, 709, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John and Margaret (nee Hay) Thomson of Naracoorte, SA; brother of Ronald Gordon Thomson who returned to Australia on 29 Janurary 1916 having served with the 27th Battalion, Janet Hay Thomson, William Donald Thomson, George Crawford Thomson and Margaret Olive Thomson

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

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