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THOMPSON, Thomas

Service Number:	821
Enlisted:	12 November 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 6 June 1894
Home Town:	Meckering, Cunderdin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Baby 700 Cemetery, Anzac
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA

World War 1 Service

12 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 821, Helena Vale, Western Australia
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 821, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 821, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
16 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 821, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 821, 10th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Son of Thomas Thompson and Margaret Kate Thompson (nee Smith)