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THOMPSON, Robert Brown

Service Number:	3115
Enlisted:	9 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ferry Hill, England, 1 January 1894
Home Town:	Charleville, Murweh, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 April 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	La Neuville Communal Cemetery La Neuville Communal Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Augathella Hospital Memorial, Augathella WW1 Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tambo Shire Roll of Honour WW1, Tambo War Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3115, 4th Pioneer Battalion
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3115, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3115, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
11 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served uder the alias of Frederick Robert Johnson.