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THOMPSON, Bernard Rudd

Service Number:	25552
Enlisted:	3 January 1916, Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Newtown, Sydney New South Wales, 1893
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Camdenville Public School
Occupation:	Tram Conductor
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 May 1917
Cemetery:	Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt Plot II, Row A, Grave 15 Headstone Inscription "BROTHERS UNITED WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER", Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt, Bullecourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Tempe Tram Depot War Memorial

World War 1 Service

3 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 25552, Reinforcements WW1, Casula, NSW
29 Jul 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 25552, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
29 Jul 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 25552, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Orsova, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Richard Rudd and Elizabeth THOMPSON, of 566 King Street, Newtown, New South Wales.