THOMSON, John Cecil
| Service Number: | 130 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 April 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Sydney, NSW, 4 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street Public School Sydney |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 22 August 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 130, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 130, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 130, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
JOHN CECIL THOMSON was born on 4th March, 1894, at North Sydney, the son of Mr. John Thomson and Mrs. Matilda L. Thomson. He was educated at Fort Street Public School, Sydney, and joined the service of the Bank at Head Office on 5th September, 1912.
John Cecil Thomson enlisted in the 18th Battalion, A.I.F., on 6th March, 1915, and left Sydney on the “Ceramic” in June, 1915, with the rank of corporal. He served for a brief period on Gallipoli and, on 22nd August, 1915, was reported as “missing.” Nine months later a Court of Inquiry reported that John Cecil Thomson was supposed to have been killed in action on the date mentioned at Hill 60, Gallipoli.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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