George Robert THOMPSON

THOMPSON, George Robert

Service Number: Commissioned Officer
Enlisted: 1 May 1917, Serving as Lieutenant in Royal Australian Garrison Artillery at Fort Queenscliff, Vic.
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 August 1891
Home Town: Queenscliff, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Professional Army Officer
Died: Aircraft accident, Leighterton Airfield, England, 3 July 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Leighterton Church Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England
INSCRIPTION BELOVED HUSBAND OF MADELINE AND LOVING FATHER OF MARIE THOMPSON
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

1 May 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Serving as Lieutenant in Royal Australian Garrison Artillery at Fort Queenscliff, Vic.
10 May 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Marathon, Sydney
10 May 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
29 Jan 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, France
29 Jan 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, AFC / RFC operations Western Front / Middle East
9 Mar 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 7 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, England
3 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Killed in the course of pilot training

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Deaths Sep 1918 Thompson George R 26 Tetbury 6a 376

 

He was 26 and the son of Alexander James and Mary Thompson; husband of Madeline L. Thompson, of 26, Fawkner St., St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.He also left a daughter, Marie.