THOMSON, John Dawson
| Service Number: | 51192 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 December 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1879 |
| Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Maitland Boys' High School, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 31 January 1937, aged 58 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-24NW. 14. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51192, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements | |
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| 19 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 51192, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Field Marshal embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 51192, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney | |
| 3 Dec 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 51192, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HT Boorara, Southampton for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 28 August 1919 | |
| 12 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 51192, 2nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
88 years ago today, on the Monday morning of the 1st February 1937, Private John Dawson Thomson, 2nd Battalion (Reg No-51192), clerk (Railway Department), from 24 Bulwer Street, West Maitland, New South Wales and 34 High Street, Waratah, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 58. PRESBYTERIAN-24NW. 14.
Listed on Sandgate Cemetery database as THOMPSON.
Born at West Maitland, New South Wales on the 1st January 1879 to John and Margaret Ellison Thomson; husband of Susan Elizabeth Thomson nee Roulston, married 1922, East Maitland, N.S.W., died 4.5.1927, Newcastle Hospital, N.S.W., age 40, sleeping here - a tragic story, John enlisted on the 31st January 1918 with the 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board SS Feldmarschall on the 19th June 1918.
Admitted to hospital 22.10.1918 (influenza).
Commenced return to Australia 6.7.1919.
John arrived home on the 26th August 1919, being discharged on the 12th September 1919.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
Did not serve in a theatre of war, therefore was not granted Victory Medal.
Mr. Thomson’s name has been inscribed on the West Maitland Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour. A member of the Waratah Masonic Lodge No. 170, U. G. L. of N.S.W., name not inscribed on Honor Roll. Name not inscribed on the West Maitland Superior Public School Roll of Honour or the West Maitland and District Roll of Honor or the NSW Government Railways and Tramways, First World War Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at John’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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