James Edward THOMPSON

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THOMPSON, James Edward

Service Number:	406985
Enlisted:	26 May 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Bridgetown, Western Australia, 2 July 1918
Home Town:	Boyup Brook, Boyup Brook, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Boyup Brook, Western Australia, 3 September 1978, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Boyup Brook Public Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

26 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406985
10 Oct 1947:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406985

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Flight Sergeant James Edward Thompson (Service No:406985) enlisted in the RAAF on 26 May 1941 and was attached to 5 Embarkation Depot when he was Discharged on 10 October 1947. Brothers Wilfred and John also served in WWII.

Born in 1918 in Bridgetown WA, James was the eldest of three children of John (Jack) Joseph Thompson (b1886 in Durham, England) and Ellinor (Nell) Cumming (b1891 in Bridgewater, Victoria). Jack was a Draper's Apprentice in Durham before he immigrated in 1912, arriving in Fremantle WA on board the Armadale (gave his occupation as Farm Hand). Nell had moved to Bridgetown with her mother in the early 1900's following her parents' divorce, and she and Jack married in 1917 in Bridgetown where Jack was a Farmer. Following Jack's death in 1924, Nell remarried Charles (Charlie) Unstead - a Farmer in Bridgetown. Charlie served in the ACMF (Service No:W70769) in WWII.

James returned to Bridgetwon WA follwoing WWII and retumed work as a Farmer. In 1945 he married Rose (Peg) Margaret Naisbitt (b1919 in Wagin, WA) - Peg had also served in the RAAF (Corporal; Service No:111708). James and Peg settled in Boyup Brook WA where James was a Farmer. He died in 1978 and Peg in 2012.

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