John Alfred THOMPSON

THOMPSON, John Alfred

Service Number: 673
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Rata, New Zeland, 15 January 1891
Home Town: Argyle, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia
Schooling: Ruahine State School
Occupation: Loco driver
Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Inscription Lone Pine Memorial Anzac Gallipoli- Panel No. 57, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burekup War Memorial, Donnybrook Preston Road Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 673, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 673, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography

Jack was only 23 years old when he went to Gallipoli. He was in the original landing. WEnt ashore 6pm on the 25th April. He wa seriously wounded on the 28th April. Taken on board the hospital ship Galeka. Died of wounds on the 29th April and buried at sea.