THOMSON, John
| Service Number: | 1273 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 15th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 13 March 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coolup War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1273, 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Dec 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 1273, 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Kyarra, Fremantle | |
| 13 Mar 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1273, 15th Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1273 awm_unit: 15th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-03-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 34 and the son of the late John and Mary Ann Thomson, of Daisy Cottage, Torphins, Aberdeenshire.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlisted Perth WA
He was 34 and the son of the late John & Mary Ann Thomson, Daisy Cottage, Torphins.
City Roll of Honour: 691 George Street.
There are five Australian soldier casualties of the Great War honoured on this memorial and also a Pilot Officer of the Royal Australian Air Force who died in WWII.
The others are:
Private WILLIAM BEWS, 493 31st Bn Australian Infantry
Trooper JOHN WILLIAM GAVIN, 1385 Australian Expeditionary Force, 9th Light Horse
Private GEORGE GORDON, 1683 50th Bn Australian Infantry.
Lt Col JOHN ALEXANDER MILNE, DSO 36th Bn Australian Expeditionary Force
Pilot Officer WILLIAM GEORGE CRUICKSHANK, Royal Australian Air Force.
Kincardine O'Neil - Kincardine & Deeside District
UKNIWM Ref No. 5854
The people of Torphins decided to build a memorial hospital and it was named the Kincardine O'Neil Memorial Hospital. It is therefore possible that the names listed on this Kincardine O'Neil memorial are the same as those listed on the Torphins monument.
The Kincardine O'Neil war memorial is a rustic granite pillar with a pinkish hue set on a pedestal with an inverted sword carved in shallow relief on the face of the pillar. The pedestal is set into a rough cairn of tumbled boulders. The commemoration and names of the dead are listed on dressed granite tablets set into the face of the pedestal.
The monument stands in gardens by the roadside of the A93 in the village.